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| Keywords: SLNSW 796313 The Orchards Eastwood.jpg Photographs 1073 postcards silver gelatin photoprints b w and hand col ; 8 8 x 14 cm -14 x 8 8 cm ; Ephemera 1 pamphlet William Henry Broadhurst was born at Maitland on 13th August 1855; he died aged 72 on 29 July 1927 He moved to Ashfield Sydney and began employment as a surveyor's assistant working mainly on the south coast of NSW He turned his interest in photography into a business and from around 1900 began to publish postcards Many of the photographs were hand coloured for sale by his daughters To secure his photographs he travelled by train and then walked wherever he wanted to go -- Reference source Illawarra Historical Society Bulletin September 1970 pp 2-3 PXA 635/1071 Presented 1970; Pic Acc 2048 For access to this material please contact the Head of Pictures Section - M A B often appears on the front of Broadhurst postcards The name M Broadhurst also appears on the back of some postcards eg PXA 635/179 The identity and significance of this anomaly is unknown This collection has been arranged by geographical location You may navigate from this collection record to these individual records 796313 The Orchards Eastwood Postcards of New South Wales Eastwood New South Wales | ||||
