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Man's sweat-stained hat, possibly evidence in a criminal matter but perhaps the photographer's own hat, atop boxes of police negatives. Location and details unknown, but possibly CIB, Sydney, around 1928.
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Title:
Man's sweat-stained hat, possibly evidence in a criminal matter but perhaps the photographer's own hat, atop boxes of police negatives. Location and details unknown, but possibly CIB, Sydney, around 1928.
Creator:
New South Wales. Police Dept.
Date:
[c1928]
Format:
photographic glass plate negative: b&w; 4.5 x 6.5 in
Inscription:
Emulsion side, ink: 1169 [red ink]
Subject:
fedoras (hats)
Description:
The boxes are marked with numbers, '23431 - 23448' for example, that match the style and format of other boxes from the Forensic Police Archive. The Australian flag on the box on the right was commonly used by the Austral brand of glass plate negatives. Part of an archive of forensic photography created between 1910 and 1964. This image is one of a series of 12 negatives contained in box no. 1156-1170.
Published in:
Peter Doyle with Caleb Williams City of shadows: Sydney police photographs 1912-1948 Historic Houses Trust, 2005, pp.31, 229.
Exhibited in:
City of Shadows at the Justice & Police Museum, Sydney, November 2005-January 2007.
Source:
Justice & Police Museum ; FP16_0004_002
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Sydney Living Museums to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
31170