Item MM 124418 Photograph - Centenary Day, Royal Exhibition Buildings, 1 Oct 1980

Summary

Black & white photograph of HRH Princess Alexandra with Dr Friedrich Kroneck, Consul-General to Germany, at the Federal Republic of Germany's exhibit at the Melbourne International Centenary Exhibition, held at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, between 23 September and 5 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.

Description of Content

Image depicts HRH Princess Alexandra with Dr Friedrick Kroneck, Consul General to Germany, and Mr RCT Riddell, exhibition director and managing director of Riddell Exhibition Promotions, standing at the Federal Republic of Germany's exhibit at the Melbourne International Centenary Exhibition, held at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, between 23 September and 5 October 1980.

Physical Description

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