288 x 187 mm. (oval print) A view looking along a path in the exhibition hall gardens towards the buildings in the background.

288 x 235 mm. A view of the large archway and doors at the sastern end, with the central dome beyond.

290 x 234 mm. A view looking over the lake in Carlton Gardens towards the building with its huge central dome. Designed by the architects Reed and Barnes, it covered over 20 acres together with the temporary annexes. One of the triumphs of the building, and of the exhibition, was an electricity generator which cost £60,000 to install.

287 x 235 mm. A view looking along the hall, which is set out with chairs, towards the wall where the organ stands. With flags of different nations hanging above the nave and countries’ exhibits leading off from the sides.

An undated print of an engraving made for C.T. Middleton's 'A new and complete system of geography' (2 vols, London, 1778-1779).

350 x 250 mm. No print.

200 x 150 mm. A view across the harbour towards the centre of the city. The tower of the Parliament buildings can be seen in the distance on the skyline.

Nothing is known of the provenance of this collection of lantern slides and glass plates. The images likely were created to illustrate lectures given at the RCS.

340 x 262 mm. A view of the entrance to Petersham Station from the road outside. This brick building with stone facings is dated 1885 above the main doorway. Petersham, on the suburban line to Parramatta, was on the first route to be opened in September 1855 and this plate shows the new station built on the same site.

346 x 262 mm. A view looking along the line showing the station, platforms and the iron footbridge over the lines.

346 x 262 mm. A view looking across the line towards the opposite platform and the main entrance hall, with passengers on the platform watching the photographer.

Fifteen labelled but undated watercolours on gilt-edged card, each 105 x 165 mm.

Fifteen labelled but undated watercolours on gilt-edged card, each 105 x 165 mm.

274 x 210 mm. View looking south along Phillip Street, with St James's Church visible at the end of the road. At the right is a block of two storey domestic residences with cast-iron verandah and balcony work.

A coloured lantern slide of Samoans and Europeans. The Samoans are presumably friends and estate workers at Vailima. The Europeans in the picture are, from left to right, Isobel Strong, Fanny Stevenson and Mr. Gurr. Gurr was a friend and neighbour of the Stevenson’s and married to a Samoan. His various misfortunes are described in ‘Our Samoan Adventure’. Fanny Stevenson left Samoa in April 1895, which would date the original photograph to this time. Print number 43.

Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

60 x 40 mm.
1-11, 15-17 By Henry Winkelmann (1861-1931) who was a leading photographer in Auckland from the 1890s. Numbers 6 and 11 were issued with Golden Floss Cigarettes and the remainder with White Ensign Cigarettes. They all have titles on their fronts.
12-14 From a series of 50, 'Beautiful New Zealand', issued with Three Castles Virginia Cigarettes, taken by the New Zealand Government Publicity Office, and have printed descriptions on the backs.

209 x 153 mm. A view of the department, with bottles of chemicals in cupboards in the background, and a large copying camera in the foreground.

Commercially produced album with printed title page giving picture captions. Prints are mainly 260 x 200 mm; most are of Brisbane. Photographer unknown, probably by various hands. Plate 4 is captioned on print: 'S. Lomer and Co.'.

Photographs taken by Henry Dobinson during the Second World War and his time in East Africa, and others acquired from commercial photographers. Captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

Twelve black and white photographs of Smedley's visit to the Pitcairn Islands (with brief captions), five colour postcards of the Pitcairns and two of Tahiti.