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Carrier's Cart, Moonta [B 45888] • Photograph

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Summary

Horse drawn cart being the J. N. Ellery "Parcel express", carrier, thought to be at Moonta. Information from a researcher: 'In 1909, the West Picture Company, which in the previous year had opened Adelaide's first permanent picture theatre, expanded to rural areas of South Australia with weekly picture shows at Gawler, Balaklava, Kadina, Wallaroo, Port Pirie and Moonta. The Moonta picture show was scheduled to open in the Institute Hall on 29 October 1909. Unfortunately, the electric plant did not arrive from Sydney and the picture show opened the following week. (Wallaroo and Kadina where able to open on time as those towns had a local electricity supply.) I am confident that the photo was taken in the first week of November 1909 when the films were being delivered along with a 'petrol electric picture show set' (see page 41 of "Adelaide's Silent Nights" for a photo of one of these and compare it to the one on the back of the cart.) More importantly, I do not think the person on the cart is J.N. Ellery. I think it is T.J. West who is a significant figure in Australian cinema history. (See "Adelaide's Silent Nights" for a photo of T.J. West.)'.

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 20.3 cm x 24.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1909

Collection

Part of Moonta Collection

Subject

J. N. Ellery (Firm)
Carriages and carts -- South Australia -- Moonta
Carriers -- South Australia -- Moonta

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Digitisation information

Date

08/07/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,834 x 6,578 pixels (51.5 MP)

Size

154.62 MB

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