Slide, depicts 1956 Olympic Games decorations around Melbourne
Object Type
Photography/Transparency
Date Used
1956
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Colour slide printed on plastic with a square, card surround. The picture was taken during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, and shows the former Coles building (Store Number 2) at 299-307 Bourke Street. The exterior of the building (constructed in 1929) has been decorated with a large tableaux that features a man standing next to a river, with smoke rings going upwards to a sign that says "Coles signal a message / GOODWILL TO ALL NATIONS", and next to it the Olympic rings and torch.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 50 W: 50 D: 1mm (H: 1 15/16 W: 1 15/16 D: 1/16")
Associated Event
Date Used
1956
Location
In storage
Registration No
1991.2458.33
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Robert Titcher.
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