Summary

Black & white photograph of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra receiving a bouquet of flowers from two school girls, while walking with Exhibition Trustees Chairman Mr Freeman Strickland OBE after the official centenary address in front of the eastern nave of the Royal Exhibition Buildings on 1 October 1980.

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.

Physical Description

A black & white photographic print on a page of a photograph album. The image depicts Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra walking with Exhibition Trustees Chairman Mr Freeman Strickland OBE and receiving a bouquet of flowers from two school children in front of the eastern nave of the Royal Exhibition Buildings on 1 October 1980. In the background other members of the official party are visible, including Mrs. Strickland and the Hon Norman Lacy, MP. There is a printed caption below the photograph.

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