Bourke Street, Melbourne, looking east

Description

Accession[2013.0062] PHOTOGRAPHS OF MELBOURNEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2013006200003Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentBourke Street, near the corner of Elizabeth Street with a view east towards Spring Street. Includes Nicholson Street cablecar, Melbourne General Post Office, Farmers Club Hotel, Bryants Hotel,The Austral Manufacturing Company, Beeston Humber Cycle Department, William Hunter (saddler), C. W. Nutting (saddler), T. Warburton (galvanised iron merchant & importer) amongst other businesses. At the far end of Bourke Street can be seen The Opera House [later The Tivoli] with its spherical structure which is said to have illuminated the words 'Opera House.' It was in this theatre in 1896, that American Carl Hertz conducted the first demonstration in Australia of the moving image.
A print of this photograph can be seen in its context, it is part of a set of 47 taken in the late nineteenth century by Nettleton and Arnest, commercial photographers. UMA holds the negative, where as Museum Victoria holds a print.
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Provenance

CreatorNettleton, CharlesRolePhotographer

Provenance

CreatorArnest, John M.RolePhotographer

Provenance

CreatorUniversity Of Melbourne ArchivesRoleProvenance

Dates

Datec.1890-1900

Description Control

Previous System ID2013.0062.00003Format NumberGPNC/265

Characteristics

Genre/FormGlass transparenciesDimensions16.5 x 21cm