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Pulteney Street, Adelaide [B 4518] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Ruthven Mansions on Pulteney Street is under construction, surrounded by scaffolding of long wooden poles tethered together with rope. A man in a bowler hat poses for the photographer in front of the building and various tradesmen pose on the scaffolding and amongst the roof timbers, including one man perched atop the unfinished cupola. Piles of builder's sand and metal are heaped in front of the site. A sign reads 'Ruthven Mansions Residential Flats in course of erection for R.F. Ruthven Smith Esq. Architects Black and Fuller. Contractors A.R. Maddern and Son. Particulars, Rentals etc. Please apply Fenn and Hardy, Solicitors, 72 King William Street. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 24 and 39 / Pulteney Street, west side, north of Rundle Street / about 1911 / Left side of building is 42 yards north of Rundle St. / Frontage of new building : 27 yards.'

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Physical description

Photograph; 28.6 cm x 21.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1911

Photographer

Government Photolithographer (S.A

Collection

Part of Acre 24 Collection

Subject

Ruthven Mansions (Adelaide. S.A.)
Apartment houses -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

07/06/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,346 x 2,547 pixels (8.5 MP)

Size

25.60 MB

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