Summary
Colour photograph of staff of the Royal Exhibition Buildings gathered for a group photograph at the Farewell for Ruth Bowman, personal assistant to John Elden, Director of the Exhibition Trustees, between July 1974 and 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
Group of six staff, including the Director of the Exhibition Trustees, John Elden, standing in front of a window and posing for the camera in the Trustees' room in Centennial Hall, Royal Exhibition Building, on the occassion of a farewell held for Ruth Bowman, Elden's personal assistant between July 1974-August 1984. Through the window behind them can be seen the eastern forecourt of the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens.
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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Person Depicted
Mr S T. Wicks - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1984
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Person Depicted
Mrs Teresa Stechiwskyj - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1984
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Person Depicted
Mr John C. Elden - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1984
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Person Depicted
Mrs Ruth Bowman - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1984
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Person Depicted
Mr Colin J. Challis - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1984
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Person Depicted
Mr K M. Kitto - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1984
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed below photograph: Staff - August 1984 - Farewell to Mrs. Ruth Bowman/ (Personal Assistant July 1974 - August 1984) L-R: S.T. Wicks, Building Superintendent, Teresa Stech, Receptionist,/ J.C. Elden, Director, Ruth Bowman, Personal Assistant,/ C.J. Challis, Executive Assistant, K.M.S. Kitto, Accountant.
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Management, Trustees general history
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Category
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Discipline
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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, Events, Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: History of Events, 1980-1989, Staff