Summary

Black & white photograph of the emergency exit of the Royale Ballroom, theTrustees Board Room and the Director's Office in the eastern annexe of the Exhibition Building circa 1971.

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

From left to right, the photograph shows the emergency exit doors of the Royale Ballroom, theTrustees Board Room and the Director's Office in the eastern annexe of the Exhibition Building circa 1971.

Physical Description

A black & white silver gelatin 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.

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