Photographs of Adelaide scenes [B 70937/1-86] • Photograph
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Road up to Hills from Glen Osmond Toll House ca 1913. 11.7 cm x 9 cm. Depicts a curve in a dirt road edged by a wire fence and gum trees, with power poles in front of a rocky outcrop on the right hand side.
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Road up to Hills from Glen Osmond Toll House ca 1913. 11.7 cm x 9 cm This photo depicts a bend in a dirt road lined with a thick hewn post and a wire fence, trees, with several power poles in the centre and a sign on a post high up on the right-hand hillside.
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Glen Osmond Toll House ca 1913. 11.7 cm x 9 cm. The Toll House at Glen Osmond, a stone hexagonal building sitting behind a dirt road and culvert, in front of a mostly bare hill and a few trees. This small building has a thatched roof, two boarded up windows and a brick chimney, and some wooden fenceposts behind. The sign "SURAT T" is fixed above the shingled roof, and there is a placard with illegible writing on left side of the four panelled wooden door.
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Road above Glen Osmond Toll House ca 1913. 11.7 cm x 9 cm. Similar to B 70937/1 and B 70937/2, this scene depicts a bend in a dirt road, with a large tree with a small square sign on the left, horses and a cart just coming into view in the centre, several power poles and trees to the right.
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Courtyard of Two-storey Building ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. A photo of a two-storey house with a high wooden verandah, palms, pots, and a window with lace curtains in the foreground.
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Road above Glen Osmond Toll House ca 1913. 11.7 cm x 9 cm. Features a wooden fence next to a curve in a dirt road (as in B 70937/1) on the left. A rock face or quarry, two power poles and gum trees are on the right.
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Mine chute, possibly at Glen Osmond ca 1913. 11.7 cm x 9 cm. This photo shows a four-channelled mine chute in front of a fairly bare hillside and a few trees, taken through powerlines. Four horses are harnessed to a cartload of rocks, and an extra horse is standing by. A four-wheeled cart, three men in hats and a small peak roofed building can be seen in the foreground.
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Horses at mine chute ca 1913. 11.7 cm x 9 cm. A closer view of the mine chute than B 70937/7, possibly at Glen Osmond, the rear two horses (with feed bags) harnessed to their cart. Several men are loading rocks onto the cart.
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North Terrace Buildings, from Kintore Ave corner ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. Taken from the corner of Kintore Ave and North Terrace looking east to the Hills, the photo shows a tree-lined street, a fence, powerpoles, the Institute, the Library, the Museum, the University and the Exhibition Building.
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Billboards near corner Pulteney St and North Terrace ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. This view is taken from near Pulteney St looking to the west. Included are theatre billboards, a four-spired stone tower with window beside a two-storey brick building, the University and the Exhibition Buildings, bare trees, poles and lamp posts. The billboards include advertisements for Saturday September _ Four Avalos, The Quealys, Mathews and Mack, The Rolvos, The Four Stackpooles, The Fontenoys, Vera Walton, Nine Serenaders, Tenka Troupe. Popular Prices 2/6, 2/-, 1/-, 6d. Ricards Tivoli, The Primrose Four, Fox Whitehead, Muller Glory Girl, Flynn and McLachlin, Lilly Langtree, Alberto Haviland, Billie Reeves.
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North Terrace Street scene ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. This picture is looking from King William St east towards Scots Church. It includes men waiting with their cars, ornate lamp posts on the left, tram lines about to turn left, palms and power poles in the centre, and a tower and multi-storey buildings on the right.
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Boer War Memorial scene in North Terrace ca 1913. A view from the corner of King William St. looking to the south-east, with a palm tree, a bicycle and a power pole on the left hand kerb. In the centre women look at wreaths on the Memorial, and a man stands nearby holding a baby. There are lamp posts, bare trees and two-storey stone buildings with balustrades behind.
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Cart in Hindley St. ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. This view is looking along Hindley St. east to the Hills. It shows a four wheeled horse-drawn cart and driver, multi-storey buildings with the signs Davis and Brown (74 - 80 Hindley St.), --OATEN 54, Clutterbuck Well Boring (61 - 63 Hindley St.), a horse and cart, and a building labelled Macdonalds Coffee Palace.
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Parked cars in North Terrace ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. A view of North Terrace from the corner of King William St. looking east to the Hills. Shows lamp posts, tramlines, a fire hydrant, a long row of cars with drivers in uniforms, power poles, the Museum and a horse and cart.
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Traffic lights in King William St. ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. Looking from North Terrace along King William St towards the southern hills. Two horses pull a covered vehicle, and a car with two passengers is visible near the Town Hall. On the right are the Post Office and multi-storey stone buildings, mostly with verandahs, some lamp posts, tram lines and the sign Johns & Co.
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Lamp posts in King William St. ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. This picture has been taken from further south of B 70937/15 looking along King William St to the Town Hall. On the left are a Café, Balfours, Covent Garden dining rooms, Ryman & Co, Gattourna, Gas Company, Town Hall and two cyclists. Lamp posts, the Post Office, tram lines, and a horse and cart are on the right.
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Roller skaters in Rundle St. ca 1913. 11.7 cm x 9 cm. A street scene showing three men in hats and suits roller-skating in Rundle Street, Adelaide. This photo was taken from the west corner of Francis Street, with multi-storey buildings and signs for Don Tailors (81 Rundle St.), Hyde's, Chemist, E.W. Cole's (67 Rundle St.), Griffiths Bros Tea Coffee Cocoa. A striped dome-like tower, Balfours café, the F.C. Catt Stores, a figure and a clock showing 11.40 am and power poles can be seen on the right.
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Buildings in Rundle Street ca 1913. 11.7 cm x 9 cm. A photo taken from further along Rundle Street than B 70937/17, with The Lutheran Publishing Company, men on bikes, power poles, a four-storey verandahed brick building (with tower) on a corner, and two-storey buildings. The signs read J.R. Hubbard, Cattermole Cycles and Repairs (240 Rundle St.)
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Man on river bank ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. This photo depicts a man sitting on a river bank. He is wearing a white sleeved shirt, tie, waistcoat, trousers and hat, and it is possible he is fishing. In the background are some rocks, trees and grass.
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City roof tops ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. This picture shows city rooftops, with skylights, a church tower with a cross on the left. On the right are flag poles, a building with sign _uck Bros, and a two-storey stone building with a curved roof.
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St Andrews Walkerville Church tower ca 1913. 11.7 cm x 9 cm. A photo of the tower of St Andrews in Church St., Walkerville, a square box-like church tower with five arched ventilation slots below four spires. A dirt road, telephone poles, wires, fence-posts, trees and a flag pole can also be seen.
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River scene ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. This picture features a wide river with mud or gravel banks and a low water level, possibly the Torrens River, trees, power lines across the top. In the distance a high chimney, a square church tower, arches of an aquaduct-like bridge, and other buildings are visible. On the right are trees, including willows, lining a riverside path.
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From Brougham Park view 1 ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. This is a photo of two intersecting pathways, a church on the left, St Peters Cathedral in the centre, lawns and palm trees in the foreground, with distant city buildings and the Adelaide Hills behind.
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Two-storey house with tower ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. A photo of a two-storey house, with verandahs, fancy ironwork and a split chimney, behind palm trees, a hedge, a wooden fence, a road and a dirt footpath. See also B 71545/104 for a view of the two-storey dwelling named 'Monaro', now demolished. Once sitting on the rise of 4 allotments on the corner of St Andrew's and Devonshire Streets, Walkerville. It was built for TS Horn in 1884. Between 1942 and 1956 it was occupied by Immanuel College, having been forced from their premises in North Adelaide during the war.
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From Brougham Park view 2 ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. Taken from further to the south of B 70937/23, this scene includes a horse and cart on a road curving down to the Cathedral. In the centre is the old Womens and Childrens Hospital building, figures and lamp posts. On the right hand side are shrubs, a palm tree, buildings and an advertisement for Griffiths Tea.
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Jubilee Showground scene 1 ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. Includes the Jubilee showground grandstand, a pavillion, bench seats, horses (some possibly Clydesdale), hurdles, a picket fence and men and women in hats. Deciduous and evergreen trees can be seen behind, and there are signs for Morris Oxford and Tea Blossom.
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Jubilee Showground Scene 2 ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. This photo follows on from B 70937/26.
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Jubilee Showground and Exhibition Building ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. A showground scene taken looking south from the Torrens River towards the North Terrace buildings (see B 70937/26). In the foreground are turnstiles showing 'way out', 'way in', crowds around a ticket box, a picket fence, a pavillion and other buildings, a dome with a flag and a tower behind. Other signs advertise whisky, milch cows, Lion Flour and the Australian Dropper Company .
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Jubilee Showground arena with cows ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. A view taken from slightly to the right of B 70937/27, but shows more of the crowd.
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Jubilee Showground with cattle and their handlers ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. Taken from further to the right of B 70937/27. Windmills and spectators in hats and suits can be seen. The signs are for First, Second, Third, Weight, Amgoorie Tea, Fry's Cocoa, Hardys Wines.