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Images & Image Making Collection
Image: Poster - 'Double Your Week-End Fun, Go with a Kodak', 1930s
Source: Museum Victoria
Encompassing more than 300,000 images relating to all aspects of Victoria's history, and more than 1,000 artefacts relating to photography and image production generally, this is the largest collection within the History and Technology Collection.
The collection focuses on heritage images relating to the history of Victoria, and the history of image making in Victoria, from European settlement onwards. Images within the collection reflect all curatorial areas including engineering, transport, sustainability, information and communication, domestic and community life, immigration, working lives, public and institutional life, design, cultural diversity, clothing and textiles, medicine in society, and sciences.
Significant collections and items
- Kodak Australasia Heritage Collection & Baker and Rouse Collection: 1,000s of photographs, advertising material, photographic products and factory floor artefacts.
- McKay Archive: 25,000 images, 600 negatives and 19 films.
- Melbourne Observatory: astronomical and operations photographs.
- Biggest Family Album in Australia & Melbourne's Biggest Family Album: about 10,000 images of everyday life.
- International Harvester: more than 900 glass negatives, around 60,000 film negatives and prints, over 200 albums and about 40 scrapbooks relating to the manufacture and sales of agricultural equipment, motor trucks and construction equipment.
- Vickers Ruwolt: over 1,000 glass plate negatives documenting one of Australia's major heavy engineering firms, 1920s-1960s.
- A.J. Campbell: more than 2500 photographs and negatives by the noted Australian ornithologist and field naturalist.
- Laurie Richards: 85,000 negatives documenting corporate and retail life, 1950s-1970s.
- State Electricity Commission of Victoria: over 3500 negatives and 1,000 photographs documenting the power industry, 1870s-1980s.
- Jim Payens Aerial Photography: several thousand negatives and one of the aerial cameras used by Jim Payens to take them. They document Victoria's development from the air, with a focus on industry, during the 1950s to the early 1970s.
- Science Museum of Victoria: over 10,000 negatives depicting collection objects, events, exhibitions, visitors and staff.
- Spotswood Pumping Station: 300 photographs.
- Francis: internationally significant pre-cinema and cinema images and technologies, from the 18th and 19th centuries.
- William S Anderson: over 1,000 images of Lorne and Great Ocean Road, and his camera, 1898-1940.
- Kodak No. 1 camera (1888) and artefacts reflecting the evolution of Kodak camera innovation.
- Sutton panoramic camera and wet plate curved glass negatives taken with it in the mid 19th century by Richard Daintree, a pioneer of Australian fieldwork photography.
- Gernsheim Collection
Items per page: 10 50 (showing 1 - 50) 19928 items
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Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, 1886 Austral Laboratory Building & Construction Wo ...
Black and white gelatin panoramic photograph of the Kodak Australasia factory in Abbotsford, Victoria, 1927-1930. This photograph features the multi-storey 1886 Austral Laboratory buil ...
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1927
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd., Showroom, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1927
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Brockway Junior with Tipping Body, Sydney, New South Wal ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Brockway Model E 35 Speed Truck, Sydney, New South Wales ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Brockway Big Six Speed Wagon, Sydney, New South Wales, c ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Brockway Big Six Speed Wagon, Sydney, New South Wales, c ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Timken Worm Drive, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1920
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Rear View of Brockway Truck, Sydney, New South Wales, ci ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Five Ton Truck, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1927
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Fleet of Three Trucks, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 19 ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Nine Speed Gearbox, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1927
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Tipping Truck, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1927
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Brockway Junior Chassis, Sydney, New South Wales, circa ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Brockway Junior Truck, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 19 ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Model K Three and a Half Ton Truck, Sydney, New South Wa ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Chassis Construction, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 192 ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Brockway Heavy Duty Truck, Sydney, New South Wales, circ ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Brockway Motors Ltd, Brockway Tipping Truck, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1 ...
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
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Photograph - Seal of the Exhibition Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, circa ...
Black & white photograph of the Exhibition Trustees seal, taken circa 1980. This is one of 959 photographs (or images) of the Exhibition Building collated by the Exhibition Trustees as ...
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Photograph - National Trust of Australia Plaque, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, cir ...
Black & white photograph of a National Trust of Australia (Victoria) plaque, taken circa 1973. The plaque commemorates the building of the Great Hall in 1879-1880. This is one of 959 p ...
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Photograph - Plaque Commemorating the Opening of the Melbourne International Exhibition, R ...
Black & white photograph of a commemorative plaque, taken circa 1980. The plaque commemorates the opening of the Exhibition Building and the opening of the Melbourne International Exhib ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from South East, Melbourne, 1948
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from south east, taken in 1948. The photograph shows the eastern and western forecourts, the Hochgurtel fountain, the eastern ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from South East, Melbourne, 1963
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from south east, taken in 1963. The photograph shows the eastern forecourt, eastern and western annexes and extensive car park ...
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Print - Sketch of the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1880-1881
A print of Black & white sketch of the south east facade of the Exhibition Building during the Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880-1881. This is one of 959 photographs (or images) ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from South East, Melbourne, 1973
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from south east, taken during a Motor Show in 1973. The photograph shows the building with its annexes and forecourts full of ...
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Photograph - 3D Model of Exhibition Building, Melbourne, circa 1979
Black & white photograph of a 3D model of the Exhibition Building, circa 1979. The model is of the redevelopment that was planned for 1979 to 1980, showing the proposed new eastern anne ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from North East, Melbourne, 1947
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from north east, taken in 1947. The photograph shows the Exhibition Building, annexes, and remaining huts of the Royal Austral ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from the North East, Melbourne, 1956
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from the north east, taken in 1956. The photograph shows the Exhibition Building, annexes, buildings used by the British Migra ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from North East, Melbourne, 1963
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from north east, taken in 1963. The photograph shows the Exhibition Building, eastern and western annexes, a car park on the s ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from North East, Melbourne, 1973
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from north east, taken in 1973. The photograph shows the Exhibition Building, new eastern and western annexes and car parking ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Royal Exhibition Building from North, Melbourne, 1981
Black & white aerial photograph of the Royal Exhibition Building from the north, taken 6 April 1981. The photograph shows the Royal Exhibition Building, eastern and western annexes, car ...
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Photograph - Eastern Annexe, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1947
Black & white photograph of the eastern annexe of the Exhibition Building from the north west, taken in 1947. The photograph shows the northern side of the eastern annexe that, at this ...
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Photograph - 3D Model of Exhibition Building, Melbourne, circa 1979
Black & white photograph of a 3D model of the Exhibition Building, circa 1979. The model is of the redevelopment that was planned for 1979 to 1980, showing the proposed new eastern anne ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from North East, Melbourne, 1956
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from north east, taken circa 1956. The photograph shows the Exhibition Building, annexes, buildings used by the British Migran ...
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Photograph - Eastern Annexe, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, circa 1977
Black & white photograph of the eastern annexe of the Exhibition Building, taken circa 1977. The photograph shows the northern car park that replaced the White Ensign Club and Australia ...
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Photograph - Exhibition Building from North, Melbourne, circa 1947
Black & white photograph of the dome of the Exhibition Building, taken from the north in 1947. The photograph shows the dome and the northern side of the Great Hall as well as the grass ...
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Photograph - Exhibition Building from North, Melbourne, 1977
Black & white photograph of the Exhibition Building, taken from the north in 1977. The photograph shows the dome and the northern entrance to the building as well as the northern car pa ...
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Photograph - Western Annexe, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1963
Black & white photograph of the western annexe of the Exhibition Building, taken in 1963. The photograph shows the newly constructed annexe with an unplanted garden bed in front of it. ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from North West, Melbourne, 1956
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from north west, taken circa 1956. The photograph shows the Exhibition Building, annexes, buildings used by the British Migran ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from North West, Melbourne, 1963
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from north west, taken in 1963. The photograph shows the Exhibition Building, annexes and parts of the northern and southern g ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from South West, Melbourne, 1956
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from south west, taken in 1956. The photograph shows the Exhibition Building, annexes, British Migrant Reception Centre and pa ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from South West, Melbourne, 1963
Black & white aerial photograph of the Exhibition Building from south west, taken in 1963. The photograph shows the Exhibition Building, eastern and western annexes, a car park on the s ...
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Photograph - Western Annexe & Car Park, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, circa 1970
Black & white photograph of the western annexe and western car park of the Exhibition Building, taken circa 1970. The photograph shows cars parked to the south of the western annexe. T ...
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Photograph - Aquarium Fire, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1953
Black & white photograph of the Aquarium fire that took place on Wednesday 28 January 1953. The photograph shows smoke billowing from the Exhibition Building with a fire truck in front. ...
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Photograph - Aquarium Fire, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1953
Black & white photograph of the Aquarium fire that took place on Wednesday 28 January 1953. The photograph was taken from the roof of the Royale Ballroom looking north and shows flames ...
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Photograph - Aerial View of the Exhibition Building from South East, Melbourne, 1962
Black & white aerial photograph of the western annexe of the Exhibition Building from south east, taken circa 1962. The photograph shows the western annexe before its redevelopment in 1 ...
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Photograph - Demolition of Southern Section of Western Annexe, Exhibition Building, Melbou ...
Black & white aerial photograph of the western annexe of the Exhibition Building from south east, taken circa 1962. The photograph shows the southern section of the western annexe demol ...
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Photograph - Commencement of Steel Work for New Western Annexe, Exhibition Building, Melbo ...
Black & white photograph of the construction of the new western annexe of the Exhibition Building, taken circa May 1962. The photograph shows the commencement of steel work for the new ...
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Photograph - Construction of Steel Work for New Western Annexe, Exhibition Building, Melbo ...
Black & white photograph of the construction of steel work for the new western annexe of the Exhibition Building, taken 8 June 1962. The photograph shows approximately half of the steel ...
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