VPRS 8361 Unnumbered Lantern Slides

This series of glass lantern slides appears to have been created/collected for display purposes over a period of time by the Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners.The series was located in close proximity to a numbered sequence of slides. It is thought that both VPRS 8361 Unnumbered Lantern Slides and VPRS 8366 Numbered Lantern Slides were originally part of the same group but at some early stage the slides belonging to VPRS 8360 (Numbered Lantern Slides) were selectively separated into a single unit and then maintained in isolation. The unnumbered slides grew in volume over subsequent years but the numbered sequence remained static. It is because of this original intellectual and physical division between the slides that two separate record series have been registered.Date RangeIt is difficult to determine a date range for VPRS 8361 Unnumbered Lantern Slides as no control symbols or other identifying marks are apparent on the slides of the P1 consignment of the series. The slides appear to cover a period of five decades. The photographic subjects depicted look to date from approximately the 1920's to the 1960's. Further research is required to establish a more accurate date range.There are both modern colour slides and older looking black and white slides. This and the various styles of framing in the collection seem to also suggest an extensive date range.ContentsThe pictorial subject matter covered by the slides includes the following:- shipping- Yarra River scenes- aerial shots of the Port of Melbourne- construction machinery- maps- unloading/loading cargo- berthed ships- Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners' buildings- wharves.Digitised representations of these records were created by PROV during 2011 to enable public access.