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Photograph album 1 [B 71094/17] • Photograph

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Summary

View of the G.P.O. from the Albert Tower, Town Hall Adelaide, showing Victoria Square with horse drawn cabs, and the G.P.O. clock showing 1.23 pm, ca.1887

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Physical description

Photograph album; 28 cm x 22.5 cm x 3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885-1920

Photographer

Krichauff, Frederick Charles

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
Boats and boating -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide
Historic buildings -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Architecture -- South Australia -- Adelaide

Catalogue record

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General notes

This is one of three albums - see also B 71095 and B 71096.

The following images have not been digitised: Image 32 is a duplicate of B 71094/31, and image 30 is a duplicate of B 71094/29. Items 35-44 inclusive are postcards with non- South Australian content - details are: 35. A high domed rotunda, possibly St Paul's, London, behind a building with columns, high arched balconies and fancy decorations over the entrance, possibly 1882 when F.E.H.W. Krichauff went overseas; 36. A tall ornate incomplete Cathedral, grave stones labelled 1823 and 1869 including one inscription "Maria wife of George Thomas Wood died 1869; 37. A Cathedral under construction, in place unknown, a man leaning against a fountain, a horse and cart, possibly 1882; 38. St Paul's Cathedral, London, ca.1882; 39. West front of Westminster Abbey, London, ca.1882; 40. St. Mungo's, Glasgow, with street lamps and horse drawn vehicles, ca.1882 ; 41. Houses of Parliament from Lambeth Bridge, ca.1882; Incendie Halles d'Ypres, 22 November 1914 - in the foreground it is labelled in black ink writing as 'Cloth Hall in the course of destruction'; 43. A church, possibly in Europe, and a four storey crucifix above three grottos with religious statues.ca.1882; 44. 'Florinde - Winterhalter', ca.1882.

Historical information

The son of Friedrich E. H. W. Krichauff (1824-1904), Frederick Charles Krichauff married Elizabeth Alcie Gemmell in 1898. In addition to his photography, Krichauff was an architect (he designed the Hazelwood Park rotunda) and a member of the Royal Philatelic Society. He lived in Portrush Road, Toorak Gardens in the later part of his life and died in 1954 aged 92.

Digitisation information

Date

09/12/2009

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,501 x 3,270 pixels (8.2 MP)

Size

24.57 MB

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