Guide to the Charles Kerry collection of New South Wales views by Charles Kerry, ca. 1880 - ca.1913

Summary

Collection number:

PIC/P802

Creator:

Charles Kerry Photography Studio, Sydney (1885-1917) and Kerry, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1857-1928

Extent:

99 photographs : black and white ; 29.5 x 23.2 cm or smaller, on mount;33 prints : $b black and white, photo-mechanical ; 14 x 9 cm.

Language:

English and English

Availability:

Available

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this photograph contains images of deceased persons and other content that may be culturally sensitive.

Background

Content Summary:

This collection contains photographs taken by Charles H. Kerry (1857 - 1928). It includes views of Sydney streets and buildings; an First Nation corroboree (1895); scenery in New South Wales including Jenolan Caves, Mount Kosciuszko; wool and wheat farming; gold mining at Kiandra; some Pacific island portraits. Most of the photographs have printed captions. Also included are postcards published by Kerry's photographic firm, produced by callotype in Germany.

Patrons are advised this finding aid is incomplete and material will be added to it over time.

Biographical / Historical:

Charles Kerry joined the studio of A.H. Lamartiniere in 1875 and after 1883 ran the firm as Lamartiniere Kerry. He then operated a large commercial photographic firm under various forms of name: Charles H. Kerry (1884), Kerry Jones (1886), Kerry Co. (1893). He employed professional photographers and after 1895 took few photographs himself. He left the firm in 1911 to concentrate on his mining interests. From 1913 onwards he visited Tonga, Noumea, Fiji, New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Samoa, and photographs of these subjects are his own work. About 8000 glass negatives from his studio (including some negatives of Henry King which had been purchased by Kerry Co.) were acquired in 1930 by Tyrell's Bookshop, and this collection was purchased by Australian Consolidated Press in 1980.

Conditions Governing Access:

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1997319).

Conditions Governing Use:

Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1997319).

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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