Summary
Black & white photograph of the western end of the Great Hall, taken circa 1969. The Great Western Window was installed at the western end of the Great Hall in January and February 1970.
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 of Content
The western end of the Great Hall of the Exhibition Building with a no smoking sign above the doorway and suspended lighting overhead.
Physical Description
A black & white silver gelatin print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Images & Image Making, Royal Exhibition Building
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1969
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Language
English
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Inscriptions
Great Western Window Great Hall./ The semi-circular fanlight at the end of western nave was glazed during/ the period January 19th to February 20th 1970 to conform to pattern/ of eastern and southern fanlights. From 1879 panel area was brick./ Above: Prior to installation.
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Building & infrastructure, Great hall
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
243 mm (Width), 189 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Construction Works, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees
