Summary
A `Welcome to Kilmore' sign and Repco billboard situated in a field. Kilmore was one of the towns visited by the Repco Olympic 7-Day Tour, one of the events organised to commemorate the Olympic Games held in Melbourne in 1956.
This image is part of the Laurie Richards Collection at Museum Victoria comprising approximately 85,000 negatives taken by the Melbourne based Laurie Richards Studio between the 1950s -1970s. These negatives are all mostly large format [5"x 4"/ 12.5 x 10 cm], black and white images, though a significant number are in colour. The many photographic jobs that were undertaken in the course of thirty years are itemised in a set of log books, copies of which are also held by Museum Victoria.
Description of Content
'Welcome to Kilmore' road sign advertising Repco. Image taken on the route of the 1956 Repco Olympic 7-Day Tour. Farmland is pictured to the right with a road, motor cars and buildings shown to the left.
Physical Description
Black and white cellulose acetate negative.
More Information
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Collection Names
Laurie Richards Collection, 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Place & Date Depicted
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Photographer
Laurie Richards Studio, 4 Tower Avenue, Alphington, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956
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Organisation Named
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Format
Negative, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand written in white ink on negative below image: 'G5279'
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Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Negative/s
125 mm (Width), 99 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Advertising Signs, Bicycle Racing, Cycling, Olympic Games: Melbourne, 1956, Roads, Townships
