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Town Clerk's Department Correspondence Files, 1914-1978 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

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Moore Street looking west towards George Street from Castlereagh Street Sydney, 1925

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Unique IDA-00006450SeriesTown Clerk's Department Correspondence Files, 1914-1978 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]Date25th June 1925Date qualifierexactFormatPhotograph - PrintDescriptionGround level view apparently taken from near the westerly termination of Moore Street (at Castlereagh Street) looking west towards George Street. The enfilade view is largely obscured by a hansom cab parked in the middle of the street. The General Post Office (GPO) and clock tower is visible, background on left.
Part of a sequence of photographs of Martin Place, Moore Street and environs, taken by photographer Milton Kent on commission from the Council as documentation for the proposal to widen Martin Place and extend it easterly as far as Macquarie Street.
Originally from file CRS 34: Town Clerks Department Correspondence Files, 1914-1978, TC 3474/22. This set of 18 prints was removed from the file and added to the Sydney Reference Collection as SRC Images 1-18.LanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)Author/creatorPhotographer: Milton KentGeographic location^[1]

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Street nameMartinStreet typePlaceSuburbSydneyPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

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Source system ID005\005809Alternative IDSRC15. Originally from file CRS 34: Town Clerks Department Correspondence Files, 1914-1978, TC 3474/22. This set of 18 prints was removed from the file and is now held in the Sydney Reference Collection as SRC Images 1-18.

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Moore Street looking west towards George Street from Castlereagh Street Sydney, 1925