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 shows the interior of a large hall with windows down one side and a tapestry or mural on the end wall. The hall is being used as an exhibition space, with sculpture and photographs being displayed. Written along the lower edge of the slide is "WILSON HALL / DURING OLYMPICS". The original Wilson Hall, a grand neo-Gothic building in the University of Melbourne, burned down in 1952
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
1991.2458.69
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Robert Titcher.
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