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Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition [B 3924] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] White helmeted soldiers hold back the crowd to form a guard of honour for the Governor. Mounted men clear the way. Is the boy running to fetch a dog which is standing in the path of the horses? Buildings on the left are: The Institute, the Mortlock Library, the Mitchell Building and, in the distance, the new Exhibition building. Telegraph poles and wires cut across the scene. [On back of photograph] 'Opening of Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition / 21st June, 1887 / North Terrace, Adelaide / Waiting for Governor'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.3 cm x 11.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1887

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
Exhibitions -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Crowds -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

11/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,090 x 2,274 pixels (7.0 MP)

Size

21.11 MB

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