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George Henry Pitt [B 11108] • Photograph

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Summary

George Henry Pitt, Principal Librarian, Public Library of South Australia. He was also an archivist, historian and was born on 21 January 1891 at Norwood, one of five children born to James and Annie Pitt. George Pitt laid the foundation of a pictorial collection which included a systematic record of Adelaide's architectural development. This was done on a modest budget for six years in the 1930 without an assistant. He also negotiated to to set up professionally staffed libraries in government departments

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.4 cm x 11.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1948

Photographer

Krischock, Henry

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Pitt, G. H. (George Henry), 1891-1972
Librarians -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

05/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,331 x 3,223 pixels (7.5 MP)

Size

22.57 MB

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