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Ocean Wave Hotel

The Tyrrell Collection consists of 7903 glass plate negatives from the studios of Charles Kerry (1857-1928) and Henry King (1855-1923) who had two of Sydney's principal photographic studios in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The collection – an important record of city and country life - was bought by James R. Tyrrell in 1929 and sold in 1980 to Australian Consolidated Press who donated it to the Powerhouse Museum in 1985.

All the photographs in the collection were intended for sale: first as prints, and later as postcards when the craze for collecting them began. Both Kerry and King also exhibited at international and intercolonial exhibitions. Charles Kerry began his career as a photographer in about 1875, working for the Sydney portrait photographer, A.H. Lamartiniere. By 1884, Kerry had taken over the business and had his studio at 308 George Street, Sydney. In 1890 he was appointed official photographer to the Governor of New South Wales, Lord Carrington. In addition to his portrait work, Kerry took on a number of government commissions, including travelling through New South Wales to photograph Aboriginal peoples, their camps and corroborees and taking detailed interior views of Jenolan Caves. Kerry's work was greatly facilitated by the invention of the dry-plate process in Europe in 1878. Where once photographs had to be developed on the spot, now they could be taken and developed later in the studio. Kerry's photographs of New South Wales were exhibited at the 1893 Chicago International Exhibition. In 1913, Kerry retired to take up mining. Although his nephew took over the business, increased competition and changing tastes meant that Kerry & Co closed in 1917.

Henry King was apprenticed to J. Hubert Newman before opening his own studio in partnership with William Slade in 1879. Although much of his early work was studio portraiture, the development of the dry-plate process allowed him to undertake landscape photography. He travelled throughout New South Wales and Queensland in his horse drawn caravan/studio, and was particularly interested in landscape photography. He won a bronze medal for his photographs at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. In contrast to Kerry, King's images were more carefully planned and positioned.

1,000 photos | 13,963 views

items are from between 01 Dec 1877 & 01 Jan 1900.

Approach to Central Railway by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Central Railway Station by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Princes St - the first hotel on The Rocks by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Ocean Wave Hotel by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Darling River near Brewarrina by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Sydney Harbour from the Domain by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Circular Quay, 1892 by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Horse and buggy crossing creek by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Panning for gold by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Meal break for teamsters and horses by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Cricket grounds, 1895 by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Coogee Beach by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Woolsorting and classing at the shearing sheds, Burrawong, New South Wales by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Carting wool bales by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Electric trams, George Street, David Jones corner by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Trams, King Street, Sydney by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Camp near the river by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Woman inside a settler's hut by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Young girl in Red Cross uniform by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Ferry crew in the bridge by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Redfern Station by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Horse team and wagons by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Zig Zag Railway by Powerhouse Museum Collection
A rest on the road by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Mrs Ramsay by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Frank Senior, sculler by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Electric Tram, George Street, David Jones Corner by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Australian waratahs by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Charcoal Creek, Dapto by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Kembla Creek, Illawarra by Powerhouse Museum Collection
The Fig Tree, Charcoal by Powerhouse Museum Collection
View near Coal Cliff Jetty by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Fern trees, Mt Kembla by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Bulli Road by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Bulli Road by Powerhouse Museum Collection
English Church, Camden by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Botanic Gardens by Powerhouse Museum Collection
In the garden by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Cat birds by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Gang-gang cockatoos by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Bondi Bay, Sydney by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Australian rabbiter, NSW by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Storing the harvester by Powerhouse Museum Collection
The grounds, Bondi Aquarium by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Argyle Cut, Sydney by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Wynard Square by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Fort Macquarie, Sydney by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Caves House, Jenolan Caves, NSW by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Public school, Pyrmont, Sydney by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Wheat off to market by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Wool ships, Circular Quay, Sydney by Powerhouse Museum Collection
On the wallaby track by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Darling Harbour by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Carrington Street by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Shipping wool, Circular Quay by Powerhouse Museum Collection
A modern Australian shearer by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Shearing, round the flank by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Belalie Bore by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Wool-sorting room, Clifton Station by Powerhouse Museum Collection

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