Summary
View of platforms of Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, April 1898. Photograph taken by Thomas Beckett.
Part of a collection of glass plate negatives taken by Dr Thomas George Beckett, doctor, pioneering radiologist and amateur photographer between 1891 and 1910. The collection is primarily of Beckett's family, friends, homes, and towns and suburbs where Beckett and his family lived, including Charlton in central Victoria and Northcote & South Yarra, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.
Description of Content
View of Flinders Street Railway Station looking in an easterly direction showing four platforms including Coburg, Port Melbourne and St Kilda lines, advertising signs, foot bridge and signal structure.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Joan Hadden, by Sep 1990
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Place & Date Depicted
Flinders Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Apr 1898
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Photographer
Dr Thomas George Beckett, 180 High Street, Northcote, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Apr 1898
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Format
Glass Negative, Black & White
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Classification
Rail transport, Railway infrastructure - stations, Metropolitan
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Keywords
Rail Transport, Railway Lines, Railway Signals, Railway Stations, Railways, Steam Railway Locomotives
