A new exhibition at the Museum of Sydney called Snapshots reveals stunning details of life from 1870 to the 1940s | juliepower
The title of a 100-year-old glass negative gives few clues that it records in perfect detail an important event in Australian aviation history.
It was only when Tao looked closer that she realised: “This is the Great Air Race, the first flight from England to Australia. And these were the Smith Brothers, who were well-known pilots.” Reviewing these negatives, it was case of hide and seek. To see what was really in the images, Tao and a team at State Archives first reviewed thumbnail images, and low resolution digital scans. She said when they reviewed the high-resolution scans, the differences were astounding.
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