VPRS 16773 Brunswick City Council 1939 Centenary Photograph Collection

The collection was brought together to celebrate the centenary of Brunswick in 1939. It consists of lantern slides, glass plate negatives and a photograph album.In 1936 a group of Brunswick residents and Councillors formed the Brunswick Historical Association, with the purpose of preparing for the centenary celebrations. Members of this group collected photographs from the Brunswick area, including images of its Councillors, prominent people and hotels, buildings and landmarks. Together, these records comprise a historical collection of various aspects of Brunswick from the 1830s to 1939.Members from the historical association took photographs of the original photographs and that is what resides in the collection. The original photographs were presumably returned to their owners.The purpose of collecting these records was to have a slide night, held on 27th August 1939. At the conclusion of the event the collection was donated to the Brunswick City Council, where it was formally accepted by the then Mayor, Ben Warr.Among the negatives, there is a ticket for the evening's event.THE LANTERN SLIDESThese were prepared for the slide night - the formal event honouring the centenary of the City of Brunswick.Many of the lantern slide images appear to be processed from copies of the glass plate negative collection, which made them into glass positives suitable for projection.The theme of the 1939 slide show was 'a History of Brunswick', with images of its Councillors, prominent people and hotels, buildings and landmarks.These slides do not represent the entire collection of glass plate negatives as only a selection of the glass negatives were copied as Lantern Slides.Researchers should note that there are limited viewing facilities available to access these items.GLASS PLATE NEGATIVESThe majority of the glass negatives are copes of original photos, pinned onto a board and photographed onto 4 x 3 plates. Some negatives are a larger format and a few of these appear to be originals.At the time of transfer (2011), particular slides were pointed out to PROV as being possible points of interest including an image of Steve Hart (slide Number 96), a member of the Ned Kelly gang and the first wave of Australian troops being farewelled in Brunswick prior to embarkation to the First World War.Only a selection of the glass plate negatives were reproduced for the slide presentation.There are limited viewing facilities available in the PROV Reading Rooms to access these items.PHOTO ALBUMThe photo album was complied by the Brunswick Historical Association and contains images of Brunswick from first settlement to city. It also contains images of key members of the community.本数据集汇编于1939年，旨在纪念不伦瑞克（Brunswick）建城百年。其馆藏包含幻灯幻灯片（lantern slides）、玻璃底片（glass plate negatives）与相册（photograph album）三类藏品。 1936年，一批不伦瑞克居民与市议员组建了不伦瑞克历史协会，旨在为百年纪念庆典筹备相关事宜。该协会成员从不伦瑞克地区征集各类照片，涵盖市议员、知名人士、酒店、建筑与地标影像。这些藏品共同构成了1830年至1939年间不伦瑞克各领域的历史馆藏。 协会成员对原始照片进行翻拍，馆藏中留存的正是这批翻拍作品，原始照片据推测已归还原持有者。征集这批藏品的初衷是为1939年8月27日举办的幻灯放映活动筹备素材。活动结束后，该馆藏被捐赠给不伦瑞克市议会，并由时任市长本·沃尔（Ben Warr）正式接收。这批底片之中还留存有当晚活动的入场券。 ### 一、幻灯幻灯片 本类藏品专为本次百年纪念正式活动——幻灯放映之夜——制作。多数幻灯幻灯片影像源自玻璃底片馆藏的复制品，经处理后成为可供投影的玻璃正片。1939年幻灯展的主题为“不伦瑞克史”，展示内容包括市议员、知名人士、酒店、建筑与地标影像。本类幻灯片并非玻璃底片馆藏的全部内容，仅选取了部分玻璃底片进行翻拍制作。研究人员需注意，本类藏品的阅览设施有限。 ### 二、玻璃底片 多数玻璃底片为原始照片的复制品：原始照片被固定于底板后，翻拍为4×3规格的底片。部分底片尺寸更大，其中少数疑似为原始底片。2011年馆藏移交时，相关人员向PROV指出了若干值得关注的藏品，包括第96号幻灯片：内德·凯利帮成员史蒂夫·哈特（Steve Hart）的影像，以及一战首批澳洲部队在不伦瑞克启程前的欢送仪式影像。仅选取了部分玻璃底片进行翻拍，用于幻灯展示。维多利亚公共档案馆阅览室内的本类藏品阅览设施有限。 ### 三、相册 该相册由不伦瑞克历史协会编纂，收录了从不伦瑞克首次定居到建市各阶段的影像资料，同时收录了当地社区核心成员的相关影像。