24 June 1901 - "ST MARYS CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY", New South Wales, Australia (restored colorized version)

IMAGE INFO

- The twin southern bell tower spires visible today were not added until the year 2000.

- Viewpoint is looking south-east from Prince Albert Road towards the iconic Sydney landmark.

- Historical sources here.. www.stmaryscathedral.org.au/history-art/history-of-the-ca... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Sydney

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SOURCE INFO

- Original image is a glass plate negative (11.0 x 8.5 cm. quarter plate) captured by photographer Mark James Daniel (1867-1949)

- The original was digitized by the State Library of Victoria using a Phase One H.25 digital camera -

Capturefile: D:\glass neg raws\LTGN 34\box 17\bc000458.tif

CaptureSN: CC001681.089424

Software: Capture One PRO for Windows

- The digitized original is available from the SLV online collection "Mark Daniel's photographs of family, friends, scenes and events in Melbourne, 1898-1907" here:

handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/22531

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CREDITS

- Mark James Daniel 1867-1949 (photographer)

- State Library of Victoria for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.

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COPYRIGHT STATUS

Per SLV advice:

- This work is out of copyright.

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PROCESS INFO

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

- Using Adobe Photoshop CS Windows, I cropped the image copy for better framing, then restored contrast, sharpness & removed a large number of unwanted artifacts, finally applying a sepia duo-tone curve for better tonal density & image depth.

Done