photographic print(black and white)
- Museum number
- Oc,B137.7
- Title
- Series: J M Booth
- Description
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Photograph (black and white); view of a beach, an expanse of water, and hills in the background, many people are on the beach, some wearing bathing suits, some seated on deck chairs, some seated underneath umbrellas, several beach huts are near the hills, and a building is on the hills; Newcastle, Australia.
Gelatin silver print
- Production date
- 1930s
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.20 centimetres
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Width: 12.30 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Related information: This photograph was found in a cigarette tin, which was placed in a larger box with other cigarette tins and photograph sleeves. The other cigarette tins and photograph sleeves contain photographs from Asia, Africa and Europe.
The cigarette tin contains the following information:
the front reads, 'CORK TIPPED TRADE MARK VIRGINIA CIGARETTES' and has XXX both scratched into the top of the tin and written onto a label.
the side of the tin reads, '50 CRAVEN A CORK - TIPPED MADE BY CARRERAS LTD, (EST 1788) LONDON, ENGLAND.' and has 'Austa Newcastle. Brisbane. Q. N.S.W' written onto a label.
the inside of the tin reads, 'Made specially to prevent sore throats. CRAVEN "A" CORK-TIPPED VIRGINIA Are made from the finest imported matured Virginia Tobacco guaranteed pure and absolutely free from adulteration of any kind MADE BY CARRERAS LIMITED, ARCADIA WORKS, LONDON, NW.1 ENGLANDS LARGEST INDEPENDENT HIGH-CLASS CIGARETTE MANUFACTURERS
This particular photograph was found in a black sleeve inside the cigarette tin, with the information 'Newcastle N.S.W XXX 14'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- This box is part of a collection from Oceania, the Americas, Europe and Asia by Booth, consisting of 6 albums, three in Oceania and three in Asia, and a number of loose prints, likewise, from both Oceania, the Americas, Europe and Asia
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,B137.7
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 2110
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Miscellaneous number: 25
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Miscellaneous number: 29
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Miscellaneous number: f6
