Item MM 124331 Photograph - Centennial Hall & Gardens Press Conference, Exhibition Building, 28 Jul 1980

Summary

Black & white photograph showing the Exhibition Trustees in the board room of Centennial Hall, probably following the press conference for the Hall and Gardens held on 28 July 1980. Those in the photograph include Cr. AJ Watson, Mr KL Christian, Cr Leon Ress, Cr Hanna Pan, the Chairman, Mr FRG Strickland OBE, and Director, Mr JC Elden.

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, photograph, objects and research files.

Physical Description

A black and white silver gelatin print on a page of a photograph album. The image shows six of the Exhibition Trustees, including the Chairman and Director, standing around the corner of a table in the board room of Centennial Hall. The group comprises of Cr. AJ Watson, Mr KL Christian, Cr Leon Ress, Cr Hanna Pan, the Chairman, Mr FRG Strickland OBE, and Director, Mr JC Elden. Cr AJ Watson, on the left of the image, is looking down at a sheet of paper, as is the Director, Mr JC Elden, on the right of image. There is a printed caption below the photograph.