Old Melbourne

1940s6 photos

Maple Room, private dining room at the Hotel Australia, 276 Collins St., Melbourne, 19491949Maple Room, private dining room at the Hotel Australia, 276 Collins St., Melbourne, 19491949Maple Room, private dining room at the Hotel Australia, 276 Collins St., Melbourne, 19491949Maple Room, private dining room at the Hotel Australia, 276 Collins St., Melbourne, 19491949Display window for Ardath Cigarettes at the Federal Hairdressing Salon, probably at the Federal Hotel, 541 Collins St., Melbourne, 19491949T & G (Temperance & General) Mutual Life Assurance Society Building, 161 Collins St., Melbourne, 19491949

1950s54 photos

The Cathedral Room, English, Scottish and Australian Bank, 380 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19501950Collins Street E., Melbourne [Vic.], 1950?1950?View along Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946–541946–54The Cathedral Room, English, Scottish and Australian Bank, 380 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19501950Collins Street, taken from Spring Street, Melbourne, Australia, March 19501950M.L.C. building, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946–541946–54Collins Street scene [Melbourne, Vic.], c. 1950c. 1950Bank of New South Wales, headquarters at 368-374 Collins St., Melbourne, showing exterior and banking chamber, designed by Godfrey & Spowers, 19501950Bank of New South Wales, headquarters at 368-374 Collins St., Melbourne, showing exterior and banking chamber, designed by Godfrey & Spowers, 19501950Boiler room at Bank of New South Wales, 368-74 Collins St., Melbourne, 19501950Boiler room at Bank of New South Wales, 368-74 Collins St., Melbourne, 19501950Foyer of the Australia Cinema and Tatler Newsreel Theatre and stairs to Collins Street, 19501950Cathedral room at the E.S.& A. Bank, Collins Street, Melbourne, 19501950Cathedral room at the E.S.& A. Bank, Collins Street, Melbourne, 19501950Commercial Bank of Australia, possibly head office, 335-9 Collins St. Melbourne, 19511951Interior of Rocks Self-Service Store, Little Collins Street, c. 1951c. 1951Interior of Rocks Self-Service Store, Little Collins Street, 1948–541948–54Interior, Martin Collins Menswear, 306 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1951c. 1951Interior, Martin Collins Menswear, 306 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1951c. 1951Exterior, Melbourne Mansions, apartment building, 91-101 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19521952Collins Street Melbourne, 19521952Collins Street Melbourne, 19521952Collins St. showing Town Hall & Churches Melbourne, 19521952Collins St. showing Town Hall & Churches Melbourne, 19521952Collins Street, Melbourne, 1949–551949–55Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1952c. 1952Collins St. Melbourne, 19521952Collins St. Melbourne, 19521952Collins St. Melbourne, 19521952Collins St. Melbourne, 19521952Allegorical murals by Virgil Lo Schiavo, installed in the banking chamber, Head Office, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 363-71 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19521952Allegorical murals by Virgil Lo Schiavo, installed in the banking chamber, Head Office, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 363-71 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19521952Allegorical murals by Virgil Lo Schiavo, installed in the banking chamber, Head Office, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 363-71 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19521952Allegorical murals by Virgil Lo Schiavo, installed in the banking chamber, Head Office, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 363-71 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19521952Little Collins Street, South side between Queen and Elizabeth Streets, c. 1952c. 1952Traffic and buildings, Little Collins Street, South side between Queen and Elizabeth Streets, c. 1952c. 1952Shop window, John H. Frost, tobacconist and hairdresser, 340 Collins Street, c. 1952c. 1952Entrance steps, National Bank of Australasia State Head Office, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953Female bank clerks at work, State Head office, National Bank of Australia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953Interior, Banking chamber, National Bank of Australasia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953Australian and New Zealand Bank Limited Head Office, 394 Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1953c. 1953"Interior, Banking chamber, National Bank of Australasia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne", 19531953Interior, Banking chamber, National Bank of Australasia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953Female bank clerk and another woman on entrance steps National Bank of Australasia State Head office 279 Collins Street Melbourne, 19531953Female bank clerks at work, State Head office, National Bank of Australia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953"Female bank clerks at work, State Head office, National Bank of Australia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne", 19531953Female bank clerks at work, State Head office, National Bank of Australia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953Interior, Banking chamber, National Bank of Australasia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953Female bank clerks at work, State Head office, National Bank of Australia, 279 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953Two churches, Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953APA tower, Collins Street, Melbourne, 19531953Commonwealth Bank in Collins Street decorated for the Royal visit, 19541954Collins Street, 19541954Winfield Building, 487-495 Collins Street, Melbourne, 19541954

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1,262 historic photos of Collins Street, Melbourne, taken between 1841 and 1975, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 13 decades, with the most from the 1940s (344). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.