Caroline Simpson Collection

Commercial Bank, corner of George and Barrack Streets, Sydney, around 1870 / photographer unknown

J. R. Clarke (Firm)

[c1870]

1 carte-de-visite ; sepia toned ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm.

Inscribed in ink on verso: Commercial Bank / George St Sydney.

George Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Barrack Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
banks
city buildings
streetscapes
commercial buildings
awnings
bystanders
Corinthian columns
Commercial Bank of Sydney (George Street, Sydney, N.S.W.)

This view, looking down George Street, shows the the Commercial Bank on the corner of George and Barrack Streets with the Bank of New South Wales on the western corner of George and Wynyard Streets. The edge of the premises of David Jones & Co, drapers and outfitters can be seen on the extreme left of the photograph.
This photograph may have been one of a series of 'Photographic Illustrations of Sydney. The Streets, Public Buildings, Views in the Harbour, Botanic Gardens, Suburbs, &c.' distributed by J.R. Clarke, Book Print and Music Seller, Depot for Photographs, 23, Hunter-street, Sydney in 1870. [Date from Clarkes's advertisements for 'Photographic Illustrations of Sydney' in Sydney Morning Herald 28.1.1870, 13.7.1870, 26.9.1870]

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