Circa 1900 - "COMO", Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (restored version)

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Circa 1900 -
Circa 1900 - "COMO", Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (restored version)

IMAGE INFO
- By this time, Xmas holiday outings by rail to Como by day trippers & picnickers was proving very popular. Fishing, boating & other leisure activities were becoming well-catered for. Note the sight-seers walking along the tracks & causeway in the mid- distance.
- The viewpoint is looking east-north-east from the hillside (later part of Como West) just to the west of the Illawarra line railway cutting.
- The Georges River is at a very low tide, revealing mud flats.
- From right to left can be seen Carina Bay, the broad stretch of water on the Georges River euphemistically called "Lake Como" in the late 1880s, the headland of Murphy's private Pleasure Grounds & the mud flats & causeway at Mimosa Bay (aka Double Bay or later Scylla Bay).
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SOURCE INFO
- This version is a copy of an original Albumen photo print c.1900 (commonly used for commercial sale as real photo cards & post cards)
- The original digitized image (from an Albumen photo print) is held in the New South Wales State Library online image collection. A copy was downloaded & restored by myself for public re-share via Flickr.
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CREDITS
- Credits go to -
(a) Star Photo Co. (1894-1928), the creator of the original image, &
(b) The State Library of New South Wales, for their valuable historic photograph digitization & archiving program(s).
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COPYRIGHT STATUS
- The original image is no longer restricted by any form of Copyright, per State Library of New South Wales copyright advice -
"Out of Copyright
Reason for copyright status: Created/Published Date is Before 1955"
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PROCESS INFO
- Copy initially restored from the original image's badly faded condition using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0 (duotone version).
- Latest version re-processed using AI software to enlarge, colourize & enhance.

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Taken on: January 1, 2023
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