Adelaide General Post Office c1872-1875
Photographer Unknown
| Title: |
General Post Office, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Source: |
Disbound from a souvenir album containing views of Adelaide and South Australia |
| Photographer: |
Unknown |
| Date: |
c1872-1875 |
| Size: |
16.2cm x 21.5cm (6½" x 8½"). |
| Description: |
Original albumen print mounted on card. Hand written caption on mounting board. From an album containing various views of Adelaide.
This photograph is of the newly completed Adelaide General Post Office (constructed 1867-1872). Although construction of the clock tower was completed in 1872, the clock, bells and dial facings were not installed until 1875, and during the three years 1872-1875 the dial openings were infilled with black canvas, painted to represent the clock faces.
The clock faces in this General Post Office photograph are the painted black canvas, clearly dating this particular photograph between May 1872 (completion of the GPO) and April 1875 (destruction of Duryea's studio).
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