VPRS 4371 Photographs of Walhalla [Walhalla Gold Mining Company]

This series consists of photographs of Walhalla. Images depict the township, goldmine, miners (mostly showing unidentified miners at work) and the Harvest Home at the Methodist Church.This archival series was created by PROV in 1982 when these photographs were found in the PROV library. It is unclear how these records were originally transferred to archival custody. One possibility is that these were received as part of a transfer from the Sale Courthouse in 1972 that included records of the former Walhalla Gold Mining Company. Another possibility is the records were donated by a private individual.Most of the photographs are not dated and do not contain a specific description of the image. Those that are dated span the period 1884 - 1913. Most of the images in this period were not actually created in this period given the composition of the actual print. Additionally some prints have markings on their reverse indicating these were created for inclusion in an unknown publication. The prints that may have been created in the 1884 - 1913 period contain either markings on the front or glue on the reverse suggesting these were removed from a volume such as a photograph album.PROV has added several items to this series, including negatives of a handful of images and a copy of reproduction of the Walhalla Chronicle dated 30 September 1871, produced by PROV in 1975 that used one of the images in the series.

本档案系列收录沃拉兰（Walhalla）相关摄影作品，内容涵盖该镇镇区、金矿、作业矿工（多数为未具名者）以及卫理公会教堂的丰收感恩活动。该档案系列由PROV于1982年创建，彼时这批照片于PROV馆藏图书馆内被发现。目前尚不清楚这批档案最初是如何移交至档案馆馆藏的：其中一种可能性为，这批档案是1972年从塞尔法院（Sale Courthouse）移交的馆藏的一部分，该批移交档案还包含原沃拉兰金矿公司（Walhalla Gold Mining Company）的相关记录；另一种可能性则是这批档案由私人捐赠而来。绝大多数照片未标注拍摄日期，也未附带针对图像内容的具体说明。标注了日期的照片的拍摄时段介于1884年至1913年之间，但从实际冲印的相纸特征来看，该时段内的多数照片并非在这一时期创作完成。此外，部分冲印照片的背面带有标记，表明其最初是为收录进某部未知出版物而制作的。那些可能创作于1884年至1913年时段的冲印照片，其正面带有标记或背面带有胶痕，这表明它们曾从相册之类的合订本中被取下。PROV还为本系列补充了多项馆藏，包括少量照片的底片，以及1975年由PROV制作的、复刻自1871年9月30日版《沃拉兰纪事报》（Walhalla Chronicle）的复制品，该复制品使用了本系列中的一张照片。