17 Aug 1938 - No. 668, "Four Ways Car Service", Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (restored version)
FULL ZOOM VIEWER
drive.google.com/file/d/0BxEdtYPaohtbSFNqQngtc2RpbW8/view...
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IMAGE INFO
- Photographer's viewpoint is facing east-north-east along Parramatta Road, toward the iconic art-deco styled Four Ways Car Service station.
- The deco-styled clock shows the time as 4.23 PM.
- An extract from a report on page 4 of the Construction (Sydney) newspaper, dated 17 Aug 1938, notes "the awning, tower and moulded fascia are all carried out with Hardie's "Fibrolite" Asbestos Cement Sheets. The curved sheets for the awning are butt jointed and pointed with mastic, while the tower sections have flush over-lapping joints, the top section being in one hollow base and fitted as a weather-proof "hat.""
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SOURCE INFO
- One copy of a glass plate negative from the Arthur Ernest Foster 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
- Photographer Arthur Ernest Foster for the original glass plate negative.
- 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State Libraries of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.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-Non-Commercial-Share Alike".
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PROCESS INFO
- I downloaded a copy of the digitized original glass plate negative (badly faded with some emulsion damage & uneven exposure).
- Using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0, I cropped the image, enlarged by 82% , adjusted areas of uneven exposure, restored contrast & sharpness & used a dark sepia duo-tone curve for better tonal range.
17 Aug 1938 - No. 668, "Four Ways Car Service", Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (restored version)
FULL ZOOM VIEWER
drive.google.com/file/d/0BxEdtYPaohtbSFNqQngtc2RpbW8/view...
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IMAGE INFO
- Photographer's viewpoint is facing east-north-east along Parramatta Road, toward the iconic art-deco styled Four Ways Car Service station.
- The deco-styled clock shows the time as 4.23 PM.
- An extract from a report on page 4 of the Construction (Sydney) newspaper, dated 17 Aug 1938, notes "the awning, tower and moulded fascia are all carried out with Hardie's "Fibrolite" Asbestos Cement Sheets. The curved sheets for the awning are butt jointed and pointed with mastic, while the tower sections have flush over-lapping joints, the top section being in one hollow base and fitted as a weather-proof "hat.""
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SOURCE INFO
- One copy of a glass plate negative from the Arthur Ernest Foster 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
- Photographer Arthur Ernest Foster for the original glass plate negative.
- 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-Non-Commercial-Share Alike".
*******************************
PROCESS INFO
- I downloaded a copy of the digitized original glass plate negative (badly faded with some emulsion damage & uneven exposure).
- Using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0, I cropped the image, enlarged by 82% , adjusted areas of uneven exposure, restored contrast & sharpness & used a dark sepia duo-tone curve for better tonal range.