NRS-22462 | Glass Plate and Acetate Negatives with "D" [Mechanical Branch] Prefix

These are ¼ size glass plate negatives [consignment 1] and acetate negatives in another consignment [consignment 2]. The following are some examples of the collection: Interstate Ambulance Competition, D48.1182; Coats of Railway Arms, D49.361 -D49.393; Official inspection of Eng D5801 prior to trial, 1950, D50.69; Rozelle Bulk Store, damaged in fire D50.9730 - D50.983; Coalcliff colliery accident, D51.724 -D51.732; Mounted train photographs, D52.348 -D52.544; Taree Goods Yard, D53.452 -D53.473; Aircraft production, D56.977; Journal entries from 'Railway Locomotive and Cars', D60.990; Journal entries from the journal 'Modern Railroads', D60.1036. The series is arranged with a single number with year and 'D' [Mechanical Branch] prefix, for example, D44.237 refers to photograph number 237 taken in 1944. Item start and end dates are circa only. 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 series R177. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R177 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.