Interior view of ceiling, mural, stairs and carpeted area, Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 1924, [2] [picture] / [Walter Burley Griffin]
- Bib ID:
- 3705061
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Griffin, Walter Burley, 1876-1937
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC/9929/866 LOC Album 1092/5
- Description:
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- [1924]
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.6 x 20.5 cm.
- Series:
- Eric Milton Nicholls collection.
- Biography/History:
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The Capitol Theatre opened in 1924 and was the first picture palace to be built in Australia. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin.
- Notes:
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- Title from acquisition documentation.
- Condition: Good.
- Part of the collection: Eric Milton Nicholls collection.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-150173445
- Also available as a glass negative: Interior view of ceiling, mural, stairs and carpeted area, Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 1924, [3], PIC/9929/2761 LOC Cold store PIC NICH.
- Vernon inventory, Pt. 1/12 No. 1[i].
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Marie and Glynn Nicholls, 2006.
- Subject:
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- Griffin, Walter Burley, 1876-1937
- Griffin, Marion Mahony, 1871-1961
- Capitol Theatre (Melbourne, Vic.) -- Photographs
- Motion picture theaters -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Photographs
- Theaters -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Design and construction -- Photographs
- Theater architecture -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Photographs
- Art deco (Architecture) -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Photographs
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- Related Records:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1924
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