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Brisbane floods 1893

This photograph is from a black and white 120 format film negative strip featuring four images. Most of the images in the same collection are taken by P C Poulsen from a collection of photographic negatives of original glass plate images from the 1890s-1930s.

 

This photo shows four men in a canoe on a flooded street in Brisbane. There is a large brick building behind the canoe featuring the text: 'Watson Brothers / Queensland'.

 

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Object number: 00048206

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Uploaded on May 16, 2012
Taken circa 1893