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Launching of Fire Queen, Port Adelaide [B 74396] • Photograph

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Summary

Photograph of a crowd watching the Fire Brigade boat, the Fire Queen, as it was suspended by a crane on the dock while being launched on 8 June 1926 at Port Adelaide. Pierce's Wharf Hotel is in view in the background.

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Physical description

1 photograph : glass, negative, black and white ; 16.3 x 21.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

8 June 1926

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Fire Queen (Fire boat)
Wharf Hotel (Port Adelaide, S.A.)
Boats and boating -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide
Fire extinction -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide -- Equipment and supplies
Docks -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide
Cranes, derricks, etc. -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide
Hotels -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide (S.A.)

Catalogue record

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General notes

Part of a collection of eight glass plate negative of Adelaide and environs;see also B 74391-B 74395, B 74397-B 74398.

See also B 24290, B 11700, B 43418 and B 43419.

Digitisation information

Date

17/08/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

17,222 x 13,422 pixels (231.2 MP)

Size

462.33 MB

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