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Photograph - Programme '84, Timber Floor Replacement in the Great Hall, Royal Exhibition Building, 29 Aug 1984
Reg. No: MM 124742
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- Summary:
- Black & white photograph looking eastwards along the Great Hall of the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on 29 August 1984 showing new timber flooring being installed along the full length of the Hall while the removal of flooring continues under the balconies along the northern wall. The work was undertaken as part of a ten-month restoration and maintenance program carried out across 1984-85, called 'Programme '84. Work commenced on 14 June 1984 and was largely completed in time for the International Motor Show that opened on 7 March 1985.
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 from the western nave of the Great Hall of the Royal Exhibition Building looking towards the eastern nave during 'Programme '84', a maintenance programe carried out across 1984-85 which included the replacement of the timber flooring. The interior of the Hall is still painted white prior to restoration work undertaken in the 1990s to reinstate the decorative 1901 colour scheme.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 183 mm (Height), 245 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | buildings, royal exhibition building, maintenance, royal exhibition building trustees, restoration, floorings |
| 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: | conservation & management |
| Original Caption: | PROGRAMME '84 - From Western Entrance August 29th 1984. |
| Inscriptions: | PROGRAMME '84 - From Western Entrance August 29th 1984. |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 Aug 1984 |
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