Photograph - Response to Presentation by John Elden, EOCA Dinner for John Elden, Royal Exhibition Building, 19 Jun 1985

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Summary:: Colour photograph of outgoing Exhibition Trustees Director John Elden giving a response to Graeme Marston's presentation of a gold pocket watch at the EOCA Dinner held for Elden at the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on the evening of 19 June 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 colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
Description Of Content:: Outgoing Exhibition Trustees Director John Elden standing as he makes a response to Graeme Marston's presentation to him a moment earlier of a gold pocket watch in a red leather case at the at the EOCA Dinner held for Elden in the Royal Exhibition Buildings on the evening of 19 June 1985. The red leather case can be seen on the table in front of Elden, with Mel Campbell sitting at the table to his left, and Graeme Martson sitting to his right.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	250 mm (Height), 176 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	social functions, royal exhibition building, dinners, functions, royal exhibition building trustees, royal exhibition building history of events 1980-1989
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:	Social Functions
Tertiary Classification:	miscellaneous
Inscriptions:	E.O.C.A. DINNER TO JOHN ELDEN - JUNE 19th 1985/ RESPONSE BY JOHN ELDEN.
Format:	Photograph: Colour
Place & Date Depicted:	Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 Jun 1985
Person Depicted:	Mr John Elden - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 Jun 1985
Person Depicted:	Mr Mel Campbell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 Jun 1985
Person Depicted:	Mr Graeme Marston, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 Jun 1985