Summary
Photograph depicting the 1899 relocation of National Museum of Victoria collections from the University of Melbourne to the Public Library Building (now the State Library of Victoria site), using Thomas Warr & Co, furniture removalists. Animal specimens are lined on a cart and include an ostrich, bear and baby giraffe. The cart is in front of the university buildings. The image shows a man to the left standing by the cart, wearing a hat, jacket, waist coat, pants and boots. The man to the right wears similar attire.
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Two carts laden with taxidermied animals, one covered and one open. They are stationary on a road outside a stone church; men stand at the left and right of the image.
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Copied from Library, Museum of Victoria
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Photograph
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Transferring the museum from the University to the Public Library Buildings- a scene in 1899.
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