Summary
Colour photograph of the Director of the Exhibition Trustees, Mr John Elden, with Mr Ken Thorpe, Director of Thomson Exhibitions, at the Australian International Engineering Exhibition held at the Royal Exhibition Buildings in August 1983. The exhibition opened on the 1 August.
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
John Elden and Ken Thorpe sharing a laugh at the Australian International Engineering Exhibition at the Royal Exhibition Building in August 1983.
Physical Description
A colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
Significance
The Exhibition Trustees' album containing this photograph provides an invaluable visual record of past maintenance and restoration work undertaken on the Royal Exhibition Buildings prior to the building being recognised with a World Heritage Listing in 2004.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Images & Image Making, Royal Exhibition Building
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Place & Date Depicted
World Trade Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1983
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Person Depicted
Mr John C. Elden - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1983
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Person Depicted
Ken Thorpe - Thomson Australian Holdings, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1983
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed below photograph: Director with Ken Thorpe, Director Thomson/ Exhibitions. International Engineering Exhibition/ August 1983.
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Exhibitions & trade shows, Trade fairs
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
242 mm (Width), 187 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Engineering Exhibitions, Events, Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881, Industry, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: History of Events, 1980-1989, Trade Shows