Circa January 1931 - No. 133 "INSIDE SHARK PROOF FENCE, COOGEE, SYDNEY, N.S.W.", Australia (restored version)
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IMAGE INFO
- Photographer's viewpoint is looking north from the Beach Street promenade beside Coogee Beach.
- I have dated this image to Circa January 1931, since:
(a) Weather-wise it appears to be circa January (mid-summer) from the dress of the bathers, & more than likely also during the School Holidays (lots of children young & old).
(b) Note there are only a few paying patrons visible on the Coogee Ocean Pier itself by this time - interest in the amusement facility died away rapidly after the hyped-up "grand opening" in November 1929, partly due to the overly-expensive entrance fees & more likely the complete lack of the once-promised on-pier attractions (no theatre, no dance hall, etc etc).
(c) The Coogee Ocean Pier Co. traded insolvent from around this time (January 1931) & had gone into liquidation by 25 May 1932. The facility would have soon after been closed to the public on safety grounds by Randwick Council in mid-1932, then it was totally demolished between Dec 1933 - May 1934.
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SOURCE INFO
- One copy of a nitrate photo-negative film, 9 x 15 cm real photo postcard from the "Samuel Wood - postcard photonegatives of Coogee, ca. 1928-1932 Collection".
- The original was digitized by the State Library of New South Wales
- The digitized original is available from the SLNSW online collection here:
digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps...
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CREDITS
- Samuel Wood (1876-1957) for the original B&W real photo postcard.
- Mitchell & State Libraries of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.
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COPYRIGHT STATUS
- Per SLNSW advice:
Out of copyright: created before 1955
- Regarding my own work in creating this unique cropped, restored & duo-toned version from the digitized original, I have applied "Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike".
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PROCESS INFO
- I downloaded a copy of the digitized original (very badly faded with sections of uneven exposure ).
- Using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0, I enlarged by ~94% , cropped image slightly, adjusted areas of uneven exposure, restored contrast & sharpness & used a dark sepia duo-tone curve for much better tonal range.
Circa January 1931 - No. 133 "INSIDE SHARK PROOF FENCE, COOGEE, SYDNEY, N.S.W.", Australia (restored version)
FULL ZOOM VIEWER
drive.google.com/file/d/1X12jIcG39rEV1KS7j5Q2EE_3K4dl798k...
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IMAGE INFO
- Photographer's viewpoint is looking north from the Beach Street promenade beside Coogee Beach.
- I have dated this image to Circa January 1931, since:
(a) Weather-wise it appears to be circa January (mid-summer) from the dress of the bathers, & more than likely also during the School Holidays (lots of children young & old).
(b) Note there are only a few paying patrons visible on the Coogee Ocean Pier itself by this time - interest in the amusement facility died away rapidly after the hyped-up "grand opening" in November 1929, partly due to the overly-expensive entrance fees & more likely the complete lack of the once-promised on-pier attractions (no theatre, no dance hall, etc etc).
(c) The Coogee Ocean Pier Co. traded insolvent from around this time (January 1931) & had gone into liquidation by 25 May 1932. The facility would have soon after been closed to the public on safety grounds by Randwick Council in mid-1932, then it was totally demolished between Dec 1933 - May 1934.
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SOURCE INFO
- One copy of a nitrate photo-negative film, 9 x 15 cm real photo postcard from the "Samuel Wood - postcard photonegatives of Coogee, ca. 1928-1932 Collection".
- The original was digitized by the State Library of New South Wales
- The digitized original is available from the SLNSW online collection here:
digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps...
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CREDITS
- Samuel Wood (1876-1957) for the original B&W real photo postcard.
- Mitchell & State Libraries of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.
******************************
COPYRIGHT STATUS
- Per SLNSW advice:
Out of copyright: created before 1955
- Regarding my own work in creating this unique cropped, restored & duo-toned version from the digitized original, I have applied "Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike".
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PROCESS INFO
- I downloaded a copy of the digitized original (very badly faded with sections of uneven exposure ).
- Using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0, I enlarged by ~94% , cropped image slightly, adjusted areas of uneven exposure, restored contrast & sharpness & used a dark sepia duo-tone curve for much better tonal range.