Circa 1894 - '"AT GEORGES Rr., COMO - 44", Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [restored & colourized version]

IMAGE INFO

- The viewpoint for the original of this rare image is looking northwards across the Georges River & rail bridge from the end of Carina Bay reserve in Como towards the Sydney suburb of Oatley.

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SOURCE INFO

- The original photographer is Kerry Photo studio, Sydney.

- The original silver gelatin dry plate glass negative (full plate) was digitized by the Museum of Applied Arts & Science & is available from the M.A.A.S. online collection here: collection.maas.museum/object/29387

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CREDITS

- Kerry Photo studio (Charles Kerry).

- Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (aka Powerhouse Museum) New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.

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COPYRIGHT STATUS

- The original image is no longer restricted by commercial Copyright, per advice -

"Out of Copyright

Reason for copyright status: Created/Published Date is Before 1955

Material type: Photograph

Government copyright ownership: No Government Copyright Ownership".

- As for my own work in creating this unique restored & colourized version of the original, I have applied "All rights reserved" status.

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PROCESS INFO

- I downloaded a copy of the digitized B&W original (large file size & very faded with some glass plate & emulsion damage on the left side).

- Using Adobe Photoshop CS Windows, I cropped & restored the image, first version applying a sepia duo-tone.

- Later using MyHeritage In Color AI online tools, created a colourized version.

Done