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Hindley Street, Adelaide [B 4785] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] West's Picture Theatre photographed from the opposite side of Hindley Street with the roadway in the foreground. The theatre has an impressive tower topped with a cupola. The shop with the awning (on the right) is D. Ellis, Confectioner. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 74 / Hindley Street, south side / 13 July 1928 / For view of a building erected on West's Olympia site in 1939 see B 9622 and B 9806. Site of West's Picture Theatre: Far side of tower is 2.5 yards west of the east side of Victoria Street. / Far side of Olympia Cafe is 9 1/2 yards west of the west side of Victoria Street.' According to a researcher, the spire/tower is the entrance to West's Olympia Theatre. It was demolished in 1938 to make way for the West's Theatre, which is now the ASO Grainger Studio.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.0 cm x 8.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1928

Photographer

State Library of South Australia

Collection

Part of Acre 74 Collection

Subject

Wests Olympia Theatre (Adelaide, S.A.)
Motion picture theaters -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

09/06/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,004 x 3,430 pixels (6.9 MP)

Size

6.90 MB

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