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Melbourne City in the 1950s

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Little Lonsdale Street - north side, at corner with Sherwood Place, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - north side, looking west from no. 46, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - south side, at corner with Leichardt Street, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - north side, looking west from no. 46, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - north side, vicinity of no. 46, 19501950La Trobe Street - south side, looking at Exhibition Street corner, 19501950Exhibition Street - east side, looking east from corner with La Trobe Street, 19501950Spring Street - west side, north of nos. 247-255, 19501950Spring Street - west side, looking down Surry Place, 19501950La Trobe Street - south side, looking east from Exhibition Street corner, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - south side, at corner with Griffin Lane, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - south side, at corner with George Lane, 19501950Griffin Lane - east side, near corner of Little Lonsdale Street, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - south side, no. 53, Hanson and Bricknell, pattern makers, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - south side, west of Little Leichardt Street corner, 19501950Finn Place - west side, at corner with Little Lonsdale Street, 19501950Lonsdale Street - north side, at corner with Exhibition Street, 19501950Lonsdale Street - north side, nos. 18-30, showing Taubmans Pty. Ltd, 19501950La Trobe Street - south side, west from Burton Street corner, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - north side, west from Finn Place, 19501950Exhibition Street - east side, nos. 258-266, Watkins, J.R. & Co, 19501950Exhibition Street - east side, no. 268, Gunn, Kee & Co. tea merchants, 19501950La Trobe Street - south side, at corner with Spring Street, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - north side, at corner with McCormac Place, 19501950La Trobe Street - south side, in vicinity of nos. 19-35, 19501950Lonsdale Street - north side, at corner with Spring Street, 19501950Exhibition Street - east side, nos. 274-278, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - north side, at corner with Spring Street, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - south side, between Griffin Lane and Casselden Place, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - north side, looking at corner with Burton Street down to Merritt's Place, 19501950Spring Street - west side, Elms Hotel, 19501950Exhibition Street - east side, at north-west corner with Little Lonsdale Street, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - north side, 28 McLean, N.N. Pty Ltd, 19501950La Trobe Street - south side, in vicinity of nos. 23-41, 19501950Spring Street - west side, looking to corner with La Trobe Street, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - north side, vicinity of no. 46, 19501950Spring Street - west side, at corner with Surry Place, 19501950La Trobe Street - south side, looking west from no. 65, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - south side, west of Little Leichardt Street corner, 19501950George Lane - east side, from near corner with Little Lonsdale Street, 19501950Spring Street - west side, at Lonsdale Street corner, 19501950Surry Place - south side, looking towards Spring Street, 19501950Exhibition Street - east side, near corner of Lonsdale Street, 19501950La Trobe Street - south side, looking west from corner, 19501950Little Lonsdale Street - south side, no. 27-29 showing Gloria Knitting and Underwear Mills, 19501950Finn Place - west side, from Little Lonsdale Street, looking north, 19501950Flinders St. Railway Station, 19501950Display window at Danks & Son, 391-403 Bourke St., Melbourne, showing Dissol, the No. 1 cleaning fluid, 19501950Boardroom, possibly at the Port Authority building, Market St., Melbourne, c. 1950c. 1950Speedometer Screenwiper Service P/L, formally Johns & McHale P/L garage, 553 Elizabeth St., Melbourne, c. 1950c. 1950Town Hall Hotel, 67 Swanston Street, Melbourne, during renovation, c. 1950c. 1950British General Electric Co. store, 388 Bourke Street, Melbourne, c. 1950c. 1950Swanston Street, west side, and Town Hall, 67 Swanston Street and John Peel Men and Boys Wear, c. 1950c. 1950Old Melbourne Gaol, c. 1950c. 1950Scottish Union and National Insurance Co., 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne, c. 1950c. 1950Jean Didier Perfurmery Co., 51 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, c. 1950c. 1950State Offices Annexe, 103-107 Russell Street, Melbourne, c. 1950c. 1950Bank of New South Wales, headquarters at 368-374 Collins St., Melbourne, showing exterior and banking chamber, designed by Godfrey & Spowers, 19501950Bank of New South Wales, headquarters at 368-374 Collins St., Melbourne, showing exterior and banking chamber, designed by Godfrey & Spowers, 19501950Boiler room at Bank of New South Wales, 368-74 Collins St., Melbourne, 19501950
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