Circa 1928 - No. 630 - "GENERAL VIEW OF BEACH - CRONULLA, SYDNEY, N.S.W.", Australia (restored colorized version)

IMAGE INFO

- Photographer's viewpoint is looking south from an elevated position near where the main sea baths are now located.

- Note that the foreshore promenade only fronts Cronulla Park at this time. It has not yet been constructed to the north & south of the beach proper.

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SOURCE INFO

- One copy of a nitrate photonegative, 9 x 15 cm real photo postcard from the "Samuel Wood - postcard photonegatives of Cronulla, 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State Libraries of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.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 & colourized version, I have applied "All rights reserved" status.

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PROCESS INFO

- I downloaded a copy of the digitized original (very badly faded with uneven exposure).

- Using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite (Windows), I enlarged by ~95% , adjusted areas of uneven exposure & restored contrast & sharpness.

- Colorized version created using MyHeritage online app + Adobe PS CS (Windows).

Done