Summary

Colour photograph of John Elden, Director of the Exhibition Trustees, and his wife Betty arriving at the 'At Home' celebration for Ken Christian and John Elden held at the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on the evening of 18 May 1985.

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 and Betty Elden arriving at the 'At Home' to Ken Christian and John Elden held at the Royal Exhibition Building on 18 May 1985. John Elden is wearing black-tie, while Betty Elden is wearing a red with blue polka dot dress, pearls, and holding a fur overcoat and blue handbag.

Physical Description

A colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.

Significance

The ten Exhibition Trustees' albums provide an invaluable visual record of past use, history, maintenance and restoration work of the Royal Exhibition Buildings prior to the building being recognised with a World Heritage Listing in 2004.

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