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PHOTOGRAPH: DE VLAMINGH MEMORIAL COTTESLOE, SPONSORED AND BUILT BY HUMES

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c. 1970

Overview

Coloured photograph from the Humes' photograph album labelled State Office and Projects Album.
Photograph relating to de Vlamingh Memorial, Cottesloe. Shows the memorial built at Cottesloe to mark where overseas cable came ashore at Cottesloe. Memorial consists of four concrete geometric bridge shapes erected on top of hill.

Historical information

Taken from a series of photographs in brown, fake leather covered photo album with strip stamped with 'gold' classical type motifs on right hand side of cover. Blue plastic tape stuck to top with 'State Office and Projects' in raised white lettering. Photographs in non archival plastic sleeves. Removed from original album and placed in archival album April 2005.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1999.277.27

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

88 mm

Height or length

88 mm

Keywords

DE VLAMINGH Willem

Year

Statement of significance

Historical significance. De Vlamingh memorial Cottesloe sponsored and constructed by Humes

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