Ortho X quarter plates from South Australia

These quarter-size glass plates were found in individual envelopes. Each contains the plate number, image title, date and information on the camera, exposure parameters and the developer used. The photographer used a Cameo camera sold by W. Butcher and Sons Ltd. of London before WWI. The Cameo cameras were made in Germany first by Hüttig and then by ICA after the merger in 1909. The camera was equipped by Aldis lens produced in Birmingham, England by Aldis Brothers in simple Lucos shutters that were also produced by ICA in Germany.

All images were taken on Kodak Ortho X plates and developed in Kodak D-72 methol-hydroquinone developer in 1:1 concentration (except for the railway scene image that was developed in Azol). The dates range from 18th of April, 1945 to 1st of January 1947. All locations are near Adelaide in South Australia.

Number	Title	Date	Exposure
P13	Track through Trees	18th April, 1945	1/100 s, f11
P15	Sunlit Stream	18th April, 1945	1/100 s, f11
P22	Old Bridge, Millbrook	28th April, 1945	1/100 s, f16
P23	Reservoir Bed	28th April, 1945	1/100 s, f11
P24	Reflections in River	28th April, 1945	1/25 s, f11
P25	Misty Hillside	6th April, 1945	1/25 s, f11
P29	Clouds and Tree Tops (Silver Lake)	20th May, 1945	1/100 s, f16
P30	Along the Shore (Silver Lake)	20th May, 1945	1/100 s, f16
P38	Railway Scene (National Park)	29th July, 1945	1/100 s, f11
P46	Country Girl with Yound Goat	30th September, 1945	1/100 s, f16
P58	Victor Harbour from Bluff	1st January, 1947	1/100 s, f32

There was a severe drought in 1945 in South Australia. The Millbrook Reservoir almost completely dried out revealing the Sunning Hill Bridge which is usually submerged.