Summary
Black & white photograph of a large-scale model of the Eiffel Tower displayed in the French exhibit at the Melbourne International Centenary Exhibition held at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, between 23 September and 5 October 1980. Although the caption to this image notes that a model of the Eiffel Tower was exhibited at the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition, this claim is unlikely as the Tower was almost a decade away, being built for the Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1889.
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
Black & white photograph depicting a large-scale model of the Eiffel Tower displayed in the French exhibit at the Melbourne International Centenary Exhibition held at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, between 23 September and 5 October 1980. Underneath the model, which reaching almost to the ceiling of the annexe, is a display for Monlinex cusine machinery.
Physical Description
A black & white silver gelatin print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
More Information
-
Collection Names
-
Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Images & Image Making, Royal Exhibition Building
-
Acquisition Information
Transfer from Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Jan 2000
-
Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1980
-
Format
Photograph, Black & White
-
Inscriptions
EXHIBITION CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS/ THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL CENTENARY EXHIBITION/ France's Exhibit - Western Annexe - then and now. The French proudly/ displayed a model of the Eiffel Tower at the 1880 Exhibition and again in/ 1980. [sic]
-
Classification
Royal exhibition building, Commemorative ceremonies, Exhibition building centenary 1980
-
Category
-
Discipline
-
Type of item
-
Image Dimensions - Photograph
192 mm (Width), 243 mm (Height)
-
Keywords
Centenaries, Exhibitions: Melbourne International Centenary, 1980, Exhibitions: Melbourne International Centenary, 1980, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: Centenary of Opening