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Photograph - Demolition of Royale Ballroom from Nicholson Street, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1979
Reg. No: MM 124229
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- Summary:
- Black & white photograph of the Royale Ballroom after demolition, taken from Nicholson Street with car parking in the foreground, 1 May 1979. The Royale Ballroom was demolished between March and May 1979.
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:
- View across a car park to part of the Exhibition Building where the Royale Ballroom used to stand. Parked cars are in the foreground and in the background trees can be seen.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 179 mm (Height), 240 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | buildings, royal exhibition building, building construction, car parks, 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: | Master Plan Stage 6 - Demolition of Royale Ballroom March 5th - May/ 1st 1979 - Ballroom from Nicholson Street South May 1st 1979. |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1979 |
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