A nice Kings Beach image:
Circa 1885 – “COOGEE BAY, SYDNEY”, New South Wales, Australia (restored version)
Image by aussiejeff
IMAGE INFO
– The viewpoint for this historic & rare image is looking southwards from where the future Arden Street climbs the hill northwards from Bream Street towards what will be the hillside suburb of South Coogee.
– I have dated the image mid-way between 1882 & 1887 (ie circa 1885), since the Coogee Palace Aquarium & Baths had not yet been built (they opened November 1887) & the steam tram loop line was opened in 1882.
– Note that there are two brave souls wading in the shoreline of Coogee Beach during daylight hours (not swimming, so technically not illegal under the Public Decency laws at that time).
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SOURCE INFO
– Photographer is Henry King.
– The original silver gelatin dry plate glass negative (full plate) was digitized by the Museum of Applied Arts & Science & is available from the M.A.A.S. online Tyrrell Collection here:
ma.as/31071
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CREDITS
– Henry King (photographer)
– Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (aka Powerhouse Museum) New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.
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COPYRIGHT STATUS
– The original image is no longer restricted by commercial Copyright, per advice –
"Out of Copyright
Reason for copyright status: Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Material type: Photograph
Government copyright ownership: No Government Copyright Ownership".
– As for my own work in creating this unique restored sepia duo-tone version of the downloaded copy of the original, I have applied a Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives" Copyright.
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PROCESS INFO
– I downloaded a copy of the digitized original (large file size & very faded with bad emulsion damage).
– Using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0 I repaired the damaged sections, then restored contrast, sharpness & applied adjusted duo-tone curves for better tonal range.
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