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Bank Street, Adelaide [B 14389] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] This is the new 10 storey Savings Bank of South Australia, built circa 1954. Pine (Christmas?) trees have been placed on top of the cantilevered verandah. The Modernist building was to the design of architects Caradoc Ashton, Fisher, Woodhead and Beaumont-Smith. There are no windows on the narrow Hindley Street frontage or the western facade. This eastern Bank Street facade consists of a new type of double glazed windows, manufactured in Australia under licence from the USA. providing maximum light penetration and insulation against cold and heat. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 49 / Hindley Street, north side / 22 December 1959 / Right side of Bank building abuts west side of Bank Street / Frontage of bank building is 7 yards / Building was completed in 1958 / For view of the Hindley Street frontage see B 14388'

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.1 cm x 8.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1959

Photographer

State Library of South Australia

Collection

Part of Acre 49 Collection

Subject

Savings Bank of South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

22/03/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

1,999 x 3,312 pixels (6.6 MP)

Size

19.90 MB

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