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Melbourne City in the 1950s

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Hoyts Plaza, Regent Theatre, Collins Street, at night during season of 'The High and the Mighty', 19541954Lit up facade of the State Theatre, Flinders Street, Melbourne, 19541954Floodlit view of Oliver J. Nilsen & Co., Electrical Engineers, 45 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Buildings decorated for the 1954 Royal Tour by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip Melbourne1954Night view of illuminated buildings in Flinders Street, Melbourne, 19541954Collins Street at night, during the Royal Visit, Melbourne, 19541954Floodlit exterior of Her Majesty's Theatre, during the Royal Visit, Melbourne, 19541954Night view of illuminated pylons on either side of St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, 19541954View across Yarra River at night, Melbourne, 19541954Floodlit facade of the Princess Theatre, Spring Street, Melbourne, 19541954Night view of Flinders Street Station showing floodlit crown and letters ER at top of the dome, 19541954Bourke Street during the Royal Visit, Melbourne, 19541954Lit up facade of Ball & Welch store, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Night view of decorative arch over Swanston Street at the corner with Flinders Street, Melbourne, 19541954Street decoration at corner of Elizabeth and Collins Streets showing large lit up crown and street lamps, Melbourne, 19541954Floodlit decorated facade of Sands & McDougall printers and lithographers in Spencer Street, Melbourne, 19541954Decoration on the facade of the Coles Store, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Decorated facade of James McEwan & Company store in , Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Part of the decorative boarding over Coles Department Store, Bourke Street in Melbourne, 19541954Illuminated crown and lettering on the facade of the Coles Store, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Melbourne Town Hall illuminated for the 1954 Royal visit1954Collins Street, Melbourne, decorated for the 1954 Royal Tour by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip1954Collins Street, Melbourne, decorated for the 1954 Royal Tour by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip1954Collins Street buildings decorated for the 1954 Royal Tour by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip1954Collins Street, Melbourne, decorated for the 1954 Royal Tour by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip1954Collins and Elizabeth Street intersection, Melbourne, decorated for the 1954 Royal Tour by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip1954Bourke Street, Melbourne illuminated for the 1954 Royal visit1954Collins Street, Melbourne, decorated for the 1954 Royal Tour by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip1954The Commercial Bank of Australia, Collins Street, Melbourne, decorated for the 1954 Royal Tour by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip1954Collins Street, Melbourne, decorated for the 1954 Royal Tour by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip1954Bank of New South Wales, Collins Street, Melbourne, decorated for the 1954 Royal Tour by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip1954General view of crowded Melbourne Town Hall for the final of the 1954 Sun Aria competition1954Elevated view of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in car on Collins Street, 19541954Marching band at corner of Collins and Swanston Street, 19541954Royal procession passing Princes Bridge Station, 19541954Showrooms - Elizabeth Street. Melbourne - Leith & Bartlett. 19541954Government House Entrance Gates, Melbourne, 19541954St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, 19541954St. Paul's Cathedral, doorway, Melbourne, 19541954Spring Street Melbourne, 19541954Collins Street, 19541954Queen Street, Melbourne, 19541954Australian display greeting the Queen above Coles department store in Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Cleared site, Bourke to Little Collins Street, near Swanston Street, 19541954Foy and Gibson, cnr. Bourke and Swanston Street, Melbourne, at night, 19541954Masonic Club building Flinders St., Melbourne, 19541954British General Electric Building, 388 Bourke St., Melbourne, 19541954Hotel Australia, Collins St. Melbourne, 19541954E. G. White commercial premises, 83 William St., Melbourne, 19541954Mural at Commonwealth Bank, 363-371 Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1954c. 1954Interior of ?Commonwealth Bank, possibly Collins St., Melbourne, 19541954Truck, Walter H. Wright Contractors, Market St., Melbourne, with winch lifting machinery, 19541954Queen Elizabeth at Spencer Street station at night, 19541954Bank in Elizabeth Street decorated for Royal visit, 19541954Bank in Elizabeth Street decorated for Royal visit, 19541954Bank in Elizabeth Street decorated for Royal visit, 19541954G. Damman & Co., Tobacconist, Cnr. Swanston & Collins Streets, Melbourne, 1951–571951–57G. Damman & Co., Tobacconist, Cnr. Swanston & Collins Streets, Melbourne, c. 1954c. 1954G. Damman & Co., Tobacconist, Cnr. Swanston & Collins Streets, Melbourne, c. 1954c. 1954Commonwealth Bank in Collins Street decorated for the Royal visit, 19541954
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