Photographs and negatives: collection 37, Macquarie Island, n.d.

 
Containers:
Box 18 (MS 10563)
Component identifier:
File 197
Content Summary:

Subjects include penguins (including some nesting) mountains, herbfields, rocks, tussock grassland, seal lying on beach. Includes:

Contact print set with images numbered as 37 on front and reverse. Images match photographs in this file (see below). Contact print set also numbered on reverse as 2/4/-.

Black-and-white photographs, labelled and numbered on reverse. most photos numbered as 2/5.6/1; 2 numbered as 2/5.6/17. Bag and photographs labelled "37". Photos match images in contact print set 37. Photos faded and bent but generally in good condition.

Black-and-white photographs numbered on reverse from 35/1 to 35/37, with many missing. Photos faded with brown stains. Photos match images in contact print set 37.

Black-and-white photographs numbered on reverse from 35/2 to 37/13 with many missing. Originally housed in buff Macquarie University envelope labelled "Photographed: 37". Photos match images in contact print set 37.

Black-and-white negatives labelled "37". Negatives match contact print set 37.

Immediate source of acquisition:
This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

Contents

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn10024871).
Parent Terms of Access:
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-vn10024871).
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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