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Uniformed police officer on point duty on the corner of Liverpool and Castlereagh streets, Sydney, c1933 / photographer unknown
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Title:
Uniformed police officer on point duty on the corner of Liverpool and Castlereagh streets, Sydney, c1933 / photographer unknown
Creator:
New South Wales. Police Dept.
Date:
[1933?]]
Format:
photographic glass plate negative: b&w; 3.25 x 4.25 in
Inscription:
Emulsion side, ink: 80.
Subject:
police
trams
tramways
pedestrians
Fostars Shoes Limited
Bognor Hotel (Castlereagh Street, Sydney, N.S.W.)
Castlereagh Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Description:
Part of an archive of forensic photography created between 1912 and 1964. This image is one of a series of 7 negatives and 1 photographic print.
The policeman on point duty in the centre of this photograph may be present in response to a traffic accident, with pedestrians crossing the street between a car at the intersection and a tram stopped in Castlereagh Street opposite the Bognor Hotel at 249 Castlereagh Street. The Willard Service Station at 247 Castlereagh Street is visible next to the Bognor Hotel. The Liverpool-Castlereagh Street corner is occupied by Fostars Shoes with their shop windows promoting 'Fostars Xmas Offer" including a 'Xmas slipper sale' and 'holiday shoes'.
Source:
Justice & Police Museum ; FP07_0195_006
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
33423
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