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Rutland Place, Adelaide [B 7380] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] A newly completed two storey brick building with a balcony is sandwiched between older cottages. A bicycle is parked at the kerb in the foreground. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 396 / Rutland Place, south side / 8 February, 1938 / The two storey building was erected in 1937 on the site of a cottage / The cottage was demolished before a photograph could be taken / The left side of balconied building is 19 yards west of Lowe Street / Frontage 10 1/2 yards'. In her book 'Bert Edwards: King of the West End' (Wakefield Press, 2019) author Pat Sumerling writes that the building was owned by city councillor and politician Bert Edwards and was used as a clubrooms. Set up as a dance hall it was intended for young people on Sunday nights. It also housed the West Adelaide Ramblers sporting club and was sometimes known as Edwards' Hall, (pages 191-192).

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Physical description

Photograph & neg.; 14.0 cm x 8.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1938

Photographer

State Library of South Australia

Collection

Part of Acre 396 Collection

Subject

Cottages -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

18/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

1,989 x 3,416 pixels (6.8 MP)

Size

6.82 MB

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