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Panorama of Adelaide : looking north-west [B 68678/6] • Photograph

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Summary

View looking north-west over the buildings between Grenfell Street and North Terrace. Significant buildings include Foy & Gibson, the Library/Museum/Art Gallery complex, Exhibition Building, and Mitchell Building.

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Physical description

Photographic panorama; 3.12 metres x 22.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

1917

Photographer

Smith, W. S

Collection

Part of Adelaide views

Catalogue record

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General notes

Some views from this panorama are published in The Observer newspaper, 26 May 1917, pages 24 and 25. The newspaper reports; "With the completion of the second huge chimney stack at the Electric Light Works on East Terrace, the enterprising photographer of The Observer seized the opportunity to take a panoramic view of Adelaide. With great difficulty he climbed the ladder inside the structure, and then, setting his camera, secured the pictures presented above. The top photograph gives a fine idea of the stretch of plains from Hutt Street to the foothills, with the Victoria Park Racecourse in the middle distance. The bottom plate, which joins the other on the right, gives a striking birdseye view of City buildings, with the General Post Office and the Town Hall on the extreme right. The new Education Block, in Flinders Street, will be readily recognised just to the left of the Post Office. The panorama when joined together measures nearly four feet."

The panorama consists of 12 photographic prints pasted in sequence onto calico. The 12 prints can be viewed as 11 scans online by doing a number search on B 68678/1 to B 68678/11.

Digitisation information

Date

13/04/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,607 x 2,002 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

7.24 MB

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