Summary

Black and white photograph of the interior of the State Savings Bank branch at 315 Collins Street, Melbourne. The image was captured on a Wormald Security camera in 1984, during Keith Morter's time as manager of branch. As the image shows, 315 Collins Street was a large branch, employing 37 staff at the time, and open extended hours.

The photograph belonged to Harold 'Keith' Morter who spent his whole working life at the State Savings Bank of Victoria. Through the course of his long and successful career and subsequent retirement, Keith saved a number of mementos of the bank. Keith's collection not only provides insight into one man's working life, it also covers some important periods in Australian banking history, including the introduction of cheque accounts, the opening of small branches across the State, and the adoption of decimal currency.

Description of Content

Interior view. To left of image bank counters with glass panel at eye level. One person pictured in waiting area at back of shot. Desks and chairs placed along the right window-wall. Two ashtray-rubbish bins stand in front of columns.

More Information

  • Collecting Areas

    Public Life & Institutions, Images & Image Making

  • Acquisition Information

    Donation from John Morter, 25 Jun 2013

  • Place Depicted

    State Savings Bank of Victoria, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 Feb 1984

  • Organisation Named

    Wormald Security, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 Feb 1984

  • Format

    Print, 8 in. x 5 in., Black & White

  • Inscriptions

    On back of print, handwritten in blue ink: K MORTER/ MGR/ 1984 On label, affixed to back of print, in print and handwritten blue ink: WORMALD/ SECURITY/ CAN NO. 7625/ BRANCH. SSB 315 Collins ST. NO. 3-013/ CAMERA NO. 3 OF 3 SHUTTER SPEED 1/ SEC F.P.S./ TYPE OF CAMERA.... GERBER KIDDE [struck through] COLEMAN [struck through] YASHICA [struck through] / TYPE OF LENS TAKUMAR 1:3.5/28mm/ F?STOP f 3.5 FOCAL DISTANCE [symbol for infinity] METRES/ BRANCH LIGHTING (lux) near...... far..... ASA....../ DATE OF FILM CHANGE 10/2/84/ DATE OF FILM RECEIVED 10/2/84/ DATE OF THIS PRINT 17/2/84/ DATE OF LAST PRINT 12/1/84/ FILM PROCESS AUTO [circled] Manual [struck through] PAPER GRADE 0 1 [circled] 2 3 4 5 / MICROPHEN/ PROCESSORS COMMENTS: overexposed-/ FIXED 22.2.84 F/REPORT No...../ LAST ASSESSMENT GOOD FAIR POOR/ WORMALD. ALWAYS ONE MOVE AHEAD McCB Form 9/24 D

  • Classification

    Commerce & retailing, Banking & finance, Bank interiors

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    History

  • Type of item

    Image

  • Overall Dimensions

    202 mm (Width), 128 mm (Height)

  • Keywords

    Banking, Security Cameras, State Bank