An old style library

The Picture Gallery, Mitchell Library, Sydney, Dec 1923,by the Daily Mail, a photo from State Library of New South Wales collection on Flickr.

Flickr. n.d.. The Picture Gallery, Mitchell Library, Sydney,. [online] Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/4415810808/ [Accessed: 6 Aug 2013].

 This is a photograph showing the picture gallery taken for publication in the Daily Mail upon the official opening of the Mitchell Library occurring on 8 March 1910, and opened to the public the next day, 9 March.
The photograph was originally taken on a glass plate negative, one of a set of five taken on the day and presented to the State Library of New South Wale photographic collection by the Daily Mail in December 1923. This photo is now part of Manuscripts, Oral History and Pictures Collection and was reprinted as part of the display for the 100th anniversary of the Library.

The authority of this site is attributed to the fact that this picture is part of a collection taken for the Daily Mail, a well regarded Sydney newspaper of the era, and now held in the photographic collection of the Mitchell Library which is part of the State Library of New South Wales. Included in the work required for the accessioning of these pictures by the Library is verification of authenticity, ownership and copyright details for the items.

The set of five photos can be viewed using the following link
http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/albumView.aspx?acmsID=430623&itemID=824096