New Light Postcard | Small Flood

A5 postcard of flooding, the upper end of Melbourne Street, South Brisbane in 1893, taken by photographer Alfred Henrie Elliott (1870-1954), whose extraordinary images lay dormant for decades until they were discovered in 1983, stored in cedar cigar boxes beneath a home in Red Hill.

Initially thought to comprise 300 glass-plate negatives and a trusty tailboard camera, the collection’s narrative took an unexpected turn in 2014 with the discovery of an additional cigar box brimming with over 400 film negatives and 92 prints.

Dimensions: A5 - 14.8 cm x 21 cm