Photograph - Foyer and Small Hall of Royale Ballroom, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1975

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Summary:: Black & white photograph of the foyer and small hall of the Royale Ballroom, taken in 1975. The Royale Ballroom was upgraded in 1952 and the renovated again in 1975.

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:: A view of a large room with decorative carpet through to some large tables. Curtains are to the right of the photograph and chandeleirs hang from the roof.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	200 mm (Height), 250 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	buildings, royal exhibition building, interior views, 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:	royale ballroom
Inscriptions:	ROYALE BALLROOM 1975/ Foyer and small hall looking towards eastern annexe.
Format:	Photograph: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted:	Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1975