Summary
Home-made x-ray apparatus designed and built by Dr Thomas Beckett at his residence and surgery, Alma, 180 High Street Northcote, Victoria.
Photograph by Thomas Beckett, 31 August 1901.
Part of a collection of glass plate negatives taken by Dr Thomas George Beckett, doctor, pioneering radiologist and amateur photographer between 1891 and 1910. The collection is primarily of Beckett's family, friends, homes, and towns and suburbs where Beckett and his family lived, including Charlton in central Victoria and Northcote & South Yarra, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.
Description of Content
24' spark, x-ray apparatus built at 'Alma'. ( n ).
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Collecting Areas
Information & Communication, Medicine & Health, Science & Measurement
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Joan Hadden, by Sep 1990
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Place & Date Depicted
180 High Street, Northcote, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 Aug 1901
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Photographer
Dr Thomas George Beckett, 180 High Street, Northcote, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 Aug 1901
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Format
Glass Negative, Black & White
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