NRS-21573 | Glass plate and acetate negatives with ‘PR’ [Public Relations] prefix [State Rail]

This series consists of 1/4 (quarter) size glass plate and acetate negatives. The images in this series were used to promote the railway and rail travel. Images date from c1890, but the photographs were presumably taken later, probably post World War II. Examples of these images include: Art exhibition - PR124Floats at Showground, post war - PR191a-191bCrowd at opening of new line / train / station - PR202City skyline - PR204ARailway job advertisement for potential labourer - PR2141940s award ceremony - PR227-228Late 1800s celebratory crowds - PR230Locomotives of the past - PR327Rail employees drawing plans - PR360BDinner celebrations - PR369Caterers - PR379Waiting room scene - PR383Engine room on locomotive - PR412Train on Turntable - PR426 Dispatch of trains - PR443 Conductor making announcement - PR1253 Eating at counter - PR1257 Please note: [6/12061] (NRS-22457) consists of a shot book relating to these negatives. Photograph albums contained in R310 (NRS-22495) also relate to this series.Custody History From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an 'in house archives' consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the 'State Rail Archives' the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as part of series R185. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R185 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.