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+ 85/1286-286 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-411 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-228 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-748 Glass plate negative, full p...
+ 85/1286-271 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 'Grazing sheep' glass plate negative...
+ 85/1286-216 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-269 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-515 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-496 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-430 Photograph, [silver gelatin]...
+ 85/1286-207 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-273 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-768 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-528 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-234 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-507 Glass negative, 'Young Girl ...
+ 85/1286-260 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-261 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-653 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-656 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-266 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-659 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-213 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-517 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-522 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-274 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-21 Glass negative, full plate, '...
+ 85/1286-6 Glass negative, full plate, 'S...
+ 85/1286-203 Glass negative, 'New Central...
+ 85/1286-200 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-201 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-202 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ 85/1286-771 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-770 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-222 Glass negative, full plate, ...
+ Cumberland Place...
+ Cumberland Place...
+ "Rocks" street scenel...
+ Stairs to the Ocean Wave Hotel...
+ Cambridge Street...
+ Harts Stairs...
+ Cambridge Street looking to Argyle Cut 1...
+ Gloucester Street...
+ Caraher Stairs, Lower Fort Street and Sy...
+ 85/1286-778 Glass negative, 'Gloucester ...
+ 85/1286-777 Glass negative, 'Windmill St...
+ 85/1286-776 Glass negative, 'Princes Str...
+ 85/1286-775 Glass negative, 'Princes Lan...
+ 85/1286-22 Glass negative, full plate, '...
+ 85/1286-742 Glass plate negative, full p...
+ 85/1286-795 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-794 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-793 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-792 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-791 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-857 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-858 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-860 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-861 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-862 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-863 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-864 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-865 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-866 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-867 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-868 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-869 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-870 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-871 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-872 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-875 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-873 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-880 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-881 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-882 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-883 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-884 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-885 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-886 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-876 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-877 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-878 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-879 Glass negative, half plate, ...
+ 85/1286-130 Glass negative, full plate, ...
James Tyrrell photographic collection unattributed
These 795 photographic negatives were taken by unknown photographers between the late nineteenth century and 1935 and are part of a larger collection of 7,900 negatives once owned by Sydney bookseller, James Tyrrell.

Included in this section of the collection is a wide variety of subject matter including Sydney Streets, New South Wales landscapes, World War I portraits and images of the Harbour Bridge from the early 1930s. While many of these images remain unattributed at present, it is likely that some were taken by Charles Kerry and Henry King and were either copied by Tyrrell or one of these photographers at a later date.

Some of the photographs from Papua New Guinea appear to have been taken by Reverend Lawes and these may have been a part of the selection acquired by King in the 1890s. David Millar in his book on Charles Kerry also comments on how Tyrrell's purchase from Kerry contained a number of World War I portraits and these seem likely to be the ones in this part of the Tyrrell collection.

However other photographs, like those of Sydney Harbour Bridge, were taken after both Kerry and King had died and must have been later acquisitions by either Tyrell or Australian Consolidated Press.

Geoff Barker, Curatorial, December, 2008

References
Millar, David P., Charles Kerry's Federation Australia, David Ellis Press, Sydney, 1981
Subjects:
+ Sydney, New South Wales
+ Photography
+ Gelatin dry plate negatives
Objects
85/1286-228 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-748 Glass plate negative, full p85/1286-271 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-216 Glass negative, full plate,
85/1286-269 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-515 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-496 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-430 Photograph, [silver gelatin]85/1286-207 Glass negative, full plate,
85/1286-273 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-768 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-528 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-234 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-507 Glass negative,
85/1286-260 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-261 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-653 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-656 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-266 Glass negative, full plate,
85/1286-659 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-213 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-517 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-522 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-274 Glass negative, full plate,
85/1286-21 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-6 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-203 Glass negative, 85/1286-200 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-201 Glass negative, full plate,
85/1286-202 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-771 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-770 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-222 Glass negative, full plate, Cumberland Place
Cumberland Place"Rocks" street scenelStairs to the Ocean Wave HotelCambridge StreetHarts Stairs
Cambridge Street looking to Argyle Cut 1Gloucester StreetCaraher Stairs, Lower Fort Street and Sy85/1286-778 Glass negative, 85/1286-777 Glass negative,
85/1286-776 Glass negative, 85/1286-775 Glass negative, 85/1286-22 Glass negative, full plate, 85/1286-742 Glass plate negative, full p85/1286-795 Glass negative, half plate,
85/1286-794 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-793 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-792 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-791 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-857 Glass negative, half plate,
85/1286-858 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-860 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-861 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-862 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-863 Glass negative, half plate,
85/1286-864 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-865 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-866 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-867 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-868 Glass negative, half plate,
85/1286-869 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-870 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-871 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-872 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-875 Glass negative, half plate,
85/1286-873 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-880 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-881 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-882 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-883 Glass negative, half plate,
85/1286-884 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-885 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-886 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-876 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-877 Glass negative, half plate,
85/1286-878 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-879 Glass negative, half plate, 85/1286-130 Glass negative, full plate,
 

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