Photograph - Northern Wall of the Western Annexe, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1977

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Summary:: Black & white photograph of the northern wall of the western annexe, taken in July 1977. The photograph shows the new northern wall of the western annexe with a tree and car parking in front of it. The old southern section of the western annexe was demolished between March and May 1962.

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:: Wall of the western annexe building with a tree in the foreground on the left hand side of the photogprah and a building in shadows on the right hand side.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	177 mm (Height), 243 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./ Northern wall July 1977.
Format:	Photograph: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted:	Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1977