The image below from a glass slide is a recreation of an American bar scene, possibly for a comedy or fairground show. Unfortunately there are no more details on record for this image. If you know more about this image please contact us.
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Background
The Royal Historical Society of Victoria’s image collection of over 40,000 objects includes items of national significance, such as a painting by the Aboriginal artist William Barak, an engraving by Tom Roberts, drawings by Jane Cannan and lithographs by Eugene von Guerard, Nicholas Chevalier and S.T. Gill. Apart from original artworks, the Images Collection also includes postcards, maps and parish plans, as well as items of museum ephemera.
The Society’s collection of historical photographs dates back to the 1850s and 60s and includes daguerreotypes, albumen prints, silver gelatin prints, glass negatives and glass slides. Major subject areas are portraiture, street scenes – both Melbourne and many Victorian country towns, architectural and occupational.
