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Finally!!!! Higher Photography is over and done with, I got an A!!!! I'm now in my first year of my HND. I produced 12 prints which I am nowable to upload to share ith everyone. My aim was to get images from the archives of old Glasgow city centre and the west end, I then wanted to go back to the same location and retake the images to show the change in the city over the years some of them have changed dramatically and some, barely any change at all ... i hope you enjoy them and comments are welcome :)
this image is Glasgows royal infirmary (south facing) as you can see the bottom is missing from the modern image that i produced this is because the original was taken on an old plate camera but i managed to line everything else up almost spot on :) this is defo one of my fav's :)
Stephen Mitchell, a tobacco manufacturer, donated funds to set up a library. It contains a large public reference library, with over a million volumes, a lending library and hosts a virtual library. The architectural competition for the design took place in 1906 and was won by William B. Whitie; it opened in 1911. It also has a twentieth century extension.
www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/index.php
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/the-mitchell-library/pag...
Glasow's Mitchell Libray - largest reference libray in Europe
© Ross Lennox
Prints available from www.rosslennoxphotography.co.uk
If you'd like to use any of my images please check my profile and drop me an email.
Top - Modern
Bottom - Early 1900's
Finally!!!! Higher Photography is over and done with, I got an A!!!! I'm now in my first year of my HND. I produced 12 prints which I am nowable to upload to share ith everyone. My aim was to get images from the archives of old Glasgow city centre and the west end, I then wanted to go back to the same location and retake the images to show the change in the city over the years some of them have changed dramatically and some, barely any change at all ... i hope you enjoy them and comments are welcome :)
The largest public reference library in Europe, and home to my monthly book group meeting. One of these days I'm going to spend a day taking photos in and outside the building.
Two Police Armed Response Vehicle 4x4s passing. In the rush to capture it I blurred the background slightly...
Wonderful exhibition of books and plates held by the Mitchell Library of JW Lewins work in the years of Macquarie.
(The banner has an image of a Gymea Lily drawn and coloured by Lewin.)
Banners along Macquarie Street.
The Mitchell reference Library. A great looking building, and my guide says the biggest reference ibrary in Eurrope.
Charing Cross Station with The Mitchell Library behind. The M8 motorway is above the train. Glasgow, UK.
The State Library of NSW is the oldest library in Australia. In 1869 the NSW Government purchased the Australian Subscription Library, which had been established in 1826, to form the Sydney Free Public Library, the first truly public library for the people of NSW. The Mitchell Library, the first library in the country to concentrate entirely on Australian content, opened in 1910. By 1869 the subscription library was hopelessly in debt, and the New South Wales Government was persuaded to buy it for £5100 (£1500 for the books and £3600 for the building). In September 1869, the Sydney Free Public Library opened its doors with a stock of 20 000 volumes.
The Mitchell Wing: The Library soon outgrew its premises, and a new wing was built in the mid-1880s. By the turn of the century this too was outgrown, and plans were prepared for a completely new ‘national’ library building. The stimulus for this was David Scott Mitchell’s offer of his immense and unrivalled collection of Australiana to the people of New South Wales. One condition of his offer was that a new building be erected to house the collection as a separate library. Work on the Mitchell Wing started in 1906 and was completed in 1910. It houses the Mitchell Library reading rooms, work areas and galleries.
The Dixson Wing: It was another 20 years before more building took place on the site of the national library. The Dixson Wing, completed in 1929, was added to the south side of the Mitchell Wing to provide storage and gallery space for the extensive collection of historical paintings presented by Sir William Dixson.
In 1939 work began on the central portion of the building, which includes the portico, the ornate vestibule with its reproduction of the Tasman Map in marble mosaic, and the main reading room. The building was ready for occupation in June 1942, and the Library was at last under one roof.
In 1964, the final section of the sandstone Mitchell Wing, uniform in style, was added to the south east corner. Within 10 years the Library had outgrown this space too.
Top - Modern
Bottom - Early 1900's
Finally!!!! Higher Photography is over and done with, I got an A!!!! I'm now in my first year of my HND. I produced 12 prints which I am nowable to upload to share ith everyone. My aim was to get images from the archives of old Glasgow city centre and the west end, I then wanted to go back to the same location and retake the images to show the change in the city over the years some of them have changed dramatically and some, barely any change at all ... i hope you enjoy them and comments are welcome :)
this one is my best one, the family in the image are in the exact same place as the man was in the original photo which was taken in the year 1955, everything is the exact same shape and we even have the same tree which admittidly took a while to find as the tree has got short and fat with age, but the brances are the exact same :)
Top - Modern
Bottom - Early 1900's
Finally!!!! Higher Photography is over and done with, I got an A!!!! I'm now in my first year of my HND. I produced 12 prints which I am nowable to upload to share ith everyone. My aim was to get images from the archives of old Glasgow city centre and the west end, I then wanted to go back to the same location and retake the images to show the change in the city over the years some of them have changed dramatically and some, barely any change at all ... i hope you enjoy them and comments are welcome :)
Trongate - Glasgow
Taken at last month's great Aye Write festival at Glasgow's Mitchell Library, the highlight of which for many was Tony Benn. Pictured here some the Mitchell's ever helpful staff.
The State Library of NSW is the oldest library in Australia. In 1869 the NSW Government purchased the Australian Subscription Library, which had been established in 1826, to form the Sydney Free Public Library, the first truly public library for the people of NSW. The Mitchell Library, the first library in the country to concentrate entirely on Australian content, opened in 1910. By 1869 the subscription library was hopelessly in debt, and the New South Wales Government was persuaded to buy it for £5100 (£1500 for the books and £3600 for the building). In September 1869, the Sydney Free Public Library opened its doors with a stock of 20 000 volumes.
The Mitchell Wing: The Library soon outgrew its premises, and a new wing was built in the mid-1880s. By the turn of the century this too was outgrown, and plans were prepared for a completely new ‘national’ library building. The stimulus for this was David Scott Mitchell’s offer of his immense and unrivalled collection of Australiana to the people of New South Wales. One condition of his offer was that a new building be erected to house the collection as a separate library. Work on the Mitchell Wing started in 1906 and was completed in 1910. It houses the Mitchell Library reading rooms, work areas and galleries.
The Dixson Wing: It was another 20 years before more building took place on the site of the national library. The Dixson Wing, completed in 1929, was added to the south side of the Mitchell Wing to provide storage and gallery space for the extensive collection of historical paintings presented by Sir William Dixson.
In 1939 work began on the central portion of the building, which includes the portico, the ornate vestibule with its reproduction of the Tasman Map in marble mosaic, and the main reading room. The building was ready for occupation in June 1942, and the Library was at last under one roof.
In 1964, the final section of the sandstone Mitchell Wing, uniform in style, was added to the south east corner. Within 10 years the Library had outgrown this space too.
Top - Modern
Bottom - Early 1900's
Finally!!!! Higher Photography is over and done with, I got an A!!!! I'm now in my first year of my HND. I produced 12 prints which I am nowable to upload to share ith everyone. My aim was to get images from the archives of old Glasgow city centre and the west end, I then wanted to go back to the same location and retake the images to show the change in the city over the years some of them have changed dramatically and some, barely any change at all ... i hope you enjoy them and comments are welcome :)
Glasow's Mitchell Libray - largest reference libray in europe
© Ross Lennox
Prints available from www.rosslennoxphotography.co.uk
If you'd like to use any of my images please check my profile and drop me an email.