DH 88 Comet "Grosvenor House" G-ACSS moved into Martin Place to a spot near the Sun-Telegraph Building, Elizabeth Street, for public display (adults 1s, children 3d)
Format: Glass photonegative
Notes: Comet aircraft, first in the Centenary Air Race (UK-Australia), displayed in Martin Place, Sydney, 1934. NSW Parliament and Sydney Hospital in the background. The aircraft is being rolled into Martin Place, which had recently been extended to Macquarie Street by the demolition of some buildings. The paving work had not been finished.
For more information on the Air Race, see: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/avi...
From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx
Persistent url: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=395182
DH 88 Comet "Grosvenor House" G-ACSS moved into Martin Place to a spot near the Sun-Telegraph Building, Elizabeth Street, for public display (adults 1s, children 3d)
Format: Glass photonegative
Notes: Comet aircraft, first in the Centenary Air Race (UK-Australia), displayed in Martin Place, Sydney, 1934. NSW Parliament and Sydney Hospital in the background. The aircraft is being rolled into Martin Place, which had recently been extended to Macquarie Street by the demolition of some buildings. The paving work had not been finished.
For more information on the Air Race, see: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/avi...
From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx
Persistent url: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=395182