Summary

Black & white photograph of Director JC Elden and a Whelan the Wrecker's foreman standing amongst rubble during the demolition of the northern section of the eastern annexe of the Exhibition Building, 16 September 1971. The northern section of the eastern annexe was demolished between August and September 1971.

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

Two men standing on a pile of building ruins with the remaining section of the eastern annexe in the background.

Physical Description

A black & white silver gelatin print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.

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