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Melbourne City in the 1920s

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Y.No.408-391. Entrance to Flinders St. 11th.November 19261926Spencer St.Yard, 19261926Leon Gordon in "White Cargo" Theatre Royal Melbourne, c. 1926c. 1926Burke and Wills Chambers, corner of Collins and Russell streets, Melbourne, c. 1926c. 1926Flinders Street Station, 19261926Flinders Street Station, 19261926Corner of Collins and Russell streets, Melbourne, c. 1926c. 1926Princes Bridge - 6th. February 1926. [Exterior of Flinders St. Station.]1926Union Club Hotel, cnr. Collins and Market Streets, Melbourne, 19261926Exterior first city store Deva House Coles Stores 327-329 Bourke Street, 1924–281924–28Flinders Street Station, 19261926Elizabeth St. [i.e. Street] Looking South, 1923–301923–30Apollo Hotel, (1844) South-West corner of Flinders Lane and Russell Street, being demolished, 19261926City of Melbourne, Flinders Street on left, looking towards Spencer Street Rail Yards at top of image, 1926–281926–28Geelong R. S. & S. Woollen & Worsted Co-op Manufacturing Co. looking south west towards Princes Bridge in distance, c. 1927c. 1927Valley Worsted Mills Ltd., Swanston Street, South Geelong, 19271927Valley Worsted Mills Ltd., Swanston Street, South Geelong, 19271927Melbourne from corner of Bourke and Elizabeth Streets, showing London Stores building, 1925–291925–29Russell Street Police Headquarters from La Trobe Street, 1910–451910–45Melbourne Magistrates Court and Russell Street Police Headquarters from La Trobe Street, 1910–451910–45State Theatre from Flinders Street, 1910–451910–45Melbourne Town Hall and Manchester Unity Building from Collins Street, 1910–451910–45Age building in Collins Street, 1910–451910–45HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE [MELBOURNE], 1914–411914–41Flinders St. Station. Visit of Duke & Duchess of York, 19271927The ceremony of driving the first pile for the Spencer St. Bridge, 19271927The ceremony of driving the first pile for the Spencer St. Bridge, 19271927Derailment at Flinders St, 19271927A2.993. [Engine] on Royal Train leaving Spencer St. for Bendigo, 19271927Spencer St. Nos.1.2.4. & 5. [Platforms.], 19271927View from Upper Elizabeth St. (new Town Road) looking S.E. 1842, 1914–411914–41Treasury Buildings. Spring Street. Melbourne, 1914–411914–41Empire Hotel, Latrobe Street, Melbourne, 1914–411914–41Britannia Theatre, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1914–411914–41The old London Bank in Collins St. Melbourne, 1914–411914–41The old Collins Street Baptist Church, built in 1852, 1914–411914–41King Street, looking East, 1914–411914–41Princes Bridge, 1900–541900–54Home of Sir Redmond Barry, Bourke St., about to be demolished, 1924–301924–30Melbourne Town Hall, Acousti-Celotex used in wall panels and bay in acoustical correction, 19271927The old Victorian Customs House, Flinders Street, Melbourne, 1914–411914–41Synagogue, Bourke St. [Melbourne], 1914–411914–41Sunday Morning. Winter. Collins St, c. 1927c. 1927Spencer Street Bridge [Melbourne, Vic.], 1927–281927–28Spencer Street bridge - south pier, 1927–281927–28Harry Houdini in Melbourne, Vic, 1900–541900–54Spencer Street bridge - south pier, 1927–281927–28Duke and Duchess of York's visit to Melbourne, 19271927Temporary bridge, Spencer Street, Melbourne, Vic, 1927–281927–28Spencer Street Bridge Melbourne, Vic, 1927–281927–28Aerial view of Flinders Street Station, 1920–351920–35Harry Houdini in Melbourne, Vic, 1900–541900–54View of the Yarra River showing Flinders Street Railyway Yards and railway bridge, 1927–281927–28Spencer Street Bridge Melbourne, Vic, 1927–281927–28Bourke Street looking south, showing the London Stores, Coles and Myer, 1927–281927–28Driving first pile Spencer Street Bridge, Melbourne, Vic, 19271927View of Melbourne looking north showing the Supreme Court on the corner of William and Londsdale Street, 1927–281927–28Elizabeth and Lonsdale Streets corner, showing the Kalizoic in Elizabeth Street between Lonsdale and Little Bourke Street, 1927–281927–28View of Lonsdale Street looking east from Spencer Street, 1927–281927–28Spencer Street bridge - south pier, 1927–281927–28
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