Photographs of Adelaide scenes [B 70937/1-86] • Photograph
Photographs of Adelaide scenes
Wombat ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. This picture features a wombat with its nose to the ground in front of a cement wall and an cave-like entrance topped with large rough hewn stone blocks. On the right is a metal fence and upright.
Photographs of Adelaide scenes
Rotunda and houses from jetty, Henley Beach, ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. On the left beyond the jetty railings a brick-based rotunda is visible. Furthur behind the rotunda is a street with two-storey and single-storey houses, lining the wide sandy beach. The foreground includes a small rubbish tin supported between the wires of the jetty railing. Ladies' toilets, boat houses, seats, a beach shelter, two figures sitting on the beach, and power poles can also be seen.
Photographs of Adelaide scenes
Beach scene looking south to Henley Beach jetty ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. A view of low grassy sand dunes lined with open dinghies. Beyond the dunes are houses, one with several pointed turrets. This house is near Henley Beach jetty, which has a structure such as a roof near the end. To the front is the open beach covered with seaweed, and behind are the Adelaide Hills.
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Glenelg Foreshore Buildings ca 19139 cm x 11.7 cm. This view of the Glenelg foreshore includes a three-storey building with verandahs, and a vehicle on the street. In the centre on a street corner is the Family Hotel (a two-storey building with wrought iron verandahs) and a two-storey building with gabled verandahs. On the right hand side is a two-storey building with verandahs, and a tower with verandahs and birdbath, then a telegraph pole, two smaller buildings and a taller building with four chimneys. In centre foreground on the beach are some steps, a few people, sand, seaweed and two horses (one with cart and driver).
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Two women at the Glenelg foreshore ca 1920s. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. A picture of two women walking towards the beach next to converging tram tracks. They are wearing wide hats and one is carrying a coat. A two-storey Tudor-style building with chimneys lies behind on the left, and there is a tram immediately behind. Further back is a tall church spire, four figures and a row of two-storey buildings with verandahs. There are signs showing 'Grocer' and 'Feeney's Cafe Tea and Coffee' on the corner of a side street. On the right beyond a low metal fence can be seen a three-storey building with wrought iron work.
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Glenelg foreshore with clock tower ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. This photo features a building with wide eaves over three-paned window and two windows in front. It has an upper verandah built back into the roof, and a square roof (with a flag pole) over the alcove. The foreground shows seaweed on sandy beach, a fence, and pruned trees. Behind are a taller stone building, with its corner clock tower showing 2.11, a three storey building with verandahs, and the foreshore as in B 70937/64, then distant buildings with Norfolk Bay pine, behind a jetty like structure.
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Football game between North Adelaide and West Adelaide ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. A scene taken from the sidelines of Jubilee Oval showing footballers in long shorts, goalposts, and a large crowd on the bank behind a picket fence. One team has striped socks and dark tops with one stripe on the back, while the other has mainly dark socks and tops.
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Football game with score board showing teams North Adelaide and West Adelaide ca 1913. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. This photo is similar to B 70937/67, though taken from further to the left. 1913 Magarey Medal winner, Tom Leahy of North Adelaide, is at centre of the photograph - just to the right of the cathedral. It includes a large scoreboard with a clock and St. Peters Cathedral. The scoreboard reads North 7-8-50 v West 1-4-10.
Photographs of Adelaide scenes
Football Game between North Adelaide and West Adelaide ca 1913, with St Peters Cathedral behind. 9 cm x 11.7 cm. A similar photo to B 70937/68, taken from further to the left. It includes two goalposts, a large scoreboard with a clock, and St. Peters Cathedral behind. The scoreboard reads North 7-8-50 v West 3-5-23.
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Youths with dinghy (possibly at Glenelg) ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. A scene with three boys playing around a small wooden dinghy. There is a grapple hook lying on the sand, three rounded rocks in foreground, and waves break around the boat.
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Salvation Army Band at Glenelg ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. This photo features a group of men and women from the Salvation Army. The men are carrying brass cornets or trumpets, and the women wear poke bonnets. They are standing on the beach in front of a wooden kiosk which carries signs advertising Hot Water, Tea, Chairs for Hire. Behind on the left is small square stone building with two arched windows, the two storey high Glenelg clock tower, verandahs, and a horse and cart. Parts of a metal fence can be seen on the right hand side.
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"T Bureau" Car, next to gum tree ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. A view of a parked vehicle labelled 'T. BUREAU' . It is parked next to a lattice-sided structure built on a stone base with sloping roof and pinion. Various people stand around the car, and its canvas roof is folded open. A figure can be seen disembarking through an open side car door. There two large trees on the right hand side, and other trees in the background.
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Man reading a paper ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. A man dressed in a suit and hat sits on a bench reading a newspaper. The bench is in a park with lawns and trees.
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Adelaide beach and jetty ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. A man in a suit and cap sits on a seaweed-strewn beach. Behind him is a crowded jetty with several lamp posts, and a flight of steps leading from the centre of the jetty down to the right.
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Feeney's Café and car at Glenelg ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. This photo depicts a similar car to that shown in B 70937/73, carrying the number plate - 89. Behind the car are several other cars, people, and Feeney's Café Tea and Coffee on the corner.
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Blonde boy digging sand near Glenelg ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. Taken from further north than B 70937/63, looking south along the beach towards the jetty.
Photographs of Adelaide scenes
Blonde boy on beach near Glenelg ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. Taken from further to the left of B 70937/76.
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Three bearded men at the races ca 1913. 6.9 cm x 4.2 cm. This scene shows three elderly bearded men outside the Secretary's Office, possibly at Morphettville Race Course. Two carry sticks, and the man in the centre has a beard, a rounded hat and watch chain. Two other figures are walking in front of some tall corrugated iron buildings.
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A man on rope fence at the races ca 1913. 6.9 cm x 4.2 cm. This photo is taken to the right of B 70937/78, possibly at Morphettville Race Course. It shows a bearded man sitting on a thick rope. He is wearing a long pinstriped coat and hat and holding a stick. Behind him can be seen a building with three tall windows, a fencepost and a partial view of a banner.
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Two men at the races ca 1913. 6.9 cm x 4.2 cm. A picture of two bearded men wearing suits and hats, talking, possibly at Morphettville race course. On the left behind them is a tall building. A man wearing a hat, a woman wearing a wide dark hat, a tent and a banner can be seen on the right .
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Men talking to policeman ca 1913. 6.9 cm x 4.2 cm. A policeman talks to two men near a street corner with an overhanging shop verandah sign --SHINE Co. Next to them is a high four-sided pylon supported high up by another pylon of similar dimensions. Behind is a high tall stone wall. In front are several puddles on the cement footpath.
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Youths doing handstands ca 1913. 6.9 cm x 4.2 cm. The first photo shows two figures, one doing hand stands on the other's upheld arms, in a setting of palm trees and lawns.
Photographs of Adelaide scenes
Youths finishing a handstand ca 1913. 6.9 cm x 4.2 cm. The second photo of the same scene is taken a moment after B 70937/82.
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Egyptian Column at Museum ca 1913. 6.9 cm x 4.2 cm This photo shows an Egyptian column, also featured in SA database B 219, which once stood outside the SA Museum. The Museum building can be seen behind, with its arched doorway and balustrade below arched windows, roof vents above, and decorated eaves. There are palm trees and white fence post around it.
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Racecourse scene ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. A view of some men in suits and hats outside a brick building with wide eaves and wrought iron features, possibly Morphettville. The signs read "Dividends payable ten minutes after each race", "Dividends on all tickets issued in Grand Stand" and "In" and "Out".
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Horse Ambulance S.P.C.A. ca 1913. 4.2 cm x 6.9 cm. This photo shows a four-wheeled cart labelled "Horse Ambulance" and "S.P.C.A." on the side of its roof and "Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" behind. The cart stands in front of a two-storey open construction like a Grandstand, which has stairs leading high up to a fenced-off roof-top area. A researcher has identified this as the grandstand at Oakbank, and the S. P. C. A. as now being the RSPCA.