Summary
Colour photograph of crowds in the western annexe of the Royal Exhibition Building during the Sun News Pictorial Homes Show held between 18-26 August 1984.
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
View of the interior of the western annexe of the recently completed additions to the Royal Exhibition Building showing the crowds attending the Sun News Pictorial Homes Show held at the Exhibition Building in August 1984.
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
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1984
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed below photograph: Homes Show '84 Crowd scene in Western Annexe.
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
251 mm (Width), 201 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Convention Venues, Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881, Home Shows, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: History of Events, 1980-1989
