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Flooded Creek Street, Brisbane.

This photograph is from a black and white 120 format film negative strip featuring four images.

 

This image is of Creek Street, Brisbane, in flood. There are two rowing boats with men standing in them in the middle of the road. On the left side is a building with 'Colonial Mutual Office National' written on it and on the right hand side is a building with the text 'The London Cham[ber?]' visible. In the background a building submerged to its roof has 'United Steam Navigation' painted on the roof. 'Creek Street' is written in the bottom left corner and 'P.C.Poulsen' in the bottom right hand corner.

 

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Object number: 00048197

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Uploaded on May 14, 2012
Taken circa 1893