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King William Street, Adelaide [B 4722] • Photograph

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[General description] In this interior view of White's rooms wooden chairs are arranged in rows in the foreground. The stage, complete with a piano, is seen in the distance. Two large gasoliers hang over the auditorium. (From September 1859 the building was lit by gas. It must have had its own gas plant as reticulated gas was not available in Adelaide until June, 1863.) Opened in June 1856 by George White the rooms were used for concerts, theatricals, balls and public meetings. [On front of photograph] 'White's assembly-rooms (site of present Majestic Theatre) for many years Adelaide's leading house of entertainment' [On back of photograph] 'c. 1876-79 / Acre 170 / Miscellaneous references to White's rooms: S.A. Register: Nov. 13, 1876 5d ; May 10, 1877 4b ; Jan. 2, 1878 5f . Adelaide Observer: Mar. 20, 1880 p. 486b ; May 1, 1880 726c ; May 22 1880 854a ; March 31, 1900 (30a). Photograph extracted from "Observer", August 18, 1928.' (Another hand) 'Subsequently Garner's Theatre / Subsequently Garner's Rooms (Adelaide Observer 17-1-1891 26c) / Subsequently Hudson's Bijou Theatre (Adelaide Observer 29-4-1893 26d) / Subsequently Rickards' Tivoli Theatre (Adelaide Observer 16-6-1900 29c and 23-6-1900 28c)'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.4 cm x 10.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1928

Collection

Part of Acre 170 Collection

Subject

White, George, 1813-1876 -- Homes and haunts
White's Rooms (Adelaide, S.A.)
Theaters -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

09/06/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,180 x 2,340 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

7.47 MB

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