Photograph - Roof of the Western Annexe, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, circa 1977

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Summary:: Black & white photograph of the roof of the western annexe of the Exhibition Building, taken circa July 1977. The photograph shows the metal roofing of the annexe with car parking to the north on the right hand side of the photograph.

This is one of 959 photographs (or images) of the Exhibition Building collated by the Exhibition Trustees as a 10 volume pictorial history of the Exhibition Building spanning the years 1880 to 1985. The pictorial history was instigated by the centenary of the Exhibition Building in 1980 and forms part of a larger Royal Exhibition Building collection of documents, photographs, objects and research files.
Description:: A black & white silver gelatin print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
Description Of Content:: The roof of the southern section of the western annexe with a car park on right hand side of the photograph. In the foreground on the left hand side of the photograph is a very small part of the roof of the Great Hall, from which the photograph has been taken. In the background there are buildings in Carlton and beyond.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	175 mm (Height), 245 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	buildings, royal exhibition building, building construction, royal exhibition building trustees
Themes this item is part of:	Images & Image Making Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Royal Exhibition Building Collection
Primary Classification:	ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING
Secondary Classification:	Building & Infrastructure
Tertiary Classification:	buildings & grounds
Inscriptions:	Master Plan Stage I - Development old western annexe southern/ section March 26th 1962-January 30th 1963./ New western annexe from dome July 1977.
Format:	Photograph: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted:	Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1977