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Cutting cowpea and sorghum and filling silo at Biggenden State Farm, 1910

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085P/3

Scope and Contents

165 x 215 mm. A black and white print, probably later than the other two prints in this collection, showing three horses, attached to machinery to work the silo, with men behind cutting the crop and loading the silo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1910

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition apart from pencil lines on print.

Existence and Location of Copies

CN48.

The photograph is reproduced in a collection of magazine clippings advertising Queensland Crown Land in Y3085L, with a handwritten caption reading 'Filling silo at Biggenden State Farm. Horse works are now superceded [sic.] by oil engine.' There is another copy of the same print in Y3085O, part of the Fisher collection.

General

WS.

Finding aid date

2006-08-03 16:12:33+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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