NRS-9857 | Lantern slides

These lantern slides record a world trip made by officer Mr Beckford; wharves and facilities; Circular Quay c.1870; maps and copies of paintings of early Sydney and New South Wales; diagrams and drawings of proposed constructions and machinery; grain storage and loading facilities; irrigation schemes; construction of sites; graphs with statistical information relating to rural produce and shipping, and damage to bag stored wheat by mice. The slides have been assigned individual numbers 3373-3744. (SR Glass Negative Boxes 1318-23). 373 lantern slides. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.