Summary

Black & white photograph of the erection of steel framing for the new eastern annexe building of the Exhibition Building, taken 9 June 1972. The eastern annexe was redeveloped between April 1972 and March 1973.

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

View looking south west over the construction of steel framing. The Great Hall and dome of the Exhibition Building take up the top half of the photograph. A crane can be seen on the left hand side of the photograph.

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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