Item MM 124388 Photograph - Centenary Day, Royal Exhibition Buildings, 1 Oct 1980

Summary

Black & white photograph of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra shaking hands with Rino Grollo, one of the donors of the Grollo Fountain on the eastern side of Centennial Hall, Royal Exhibition Buildings, following the official centenary celebrations 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 shaking hands with Rino Grollo following the official centenary celebration on 1 October 1980. Next to Grollo stands a woman in a dark coloured jacket and hat, wearing a light coloured patterned skirt. Members of the media can be seen in the background. There is a printed caption below the photograph.