Black and white photograph (3 images)Written on back of photographs: "Midway Arcade, 1960".

Footpath upgrade in shopping precinctRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 strips Fuji 100-Sinfrastructure, main road, midway arcade, shops, pryor street

Footpath upgrade in shopping precinctRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 strips Fuji 100-Sinfrastructure, main road, midway arcade, shops

Footpath upgrade in shopping precinctRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 strips Fuji 100-Sinfrastructure, main road, midway arcade, shops, pryor street

Yellow typed carbon copy of rental payments associated with Midway Arcade/Ringwood Investments Pty. Ltd., 517 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.Agents: C.E. Carter & Son 1.11.56 to 1.12.56 SHOP 1. Harva Cafe 2. Purser 3. Maller 4. Davies 5. Peacock & Pullen 8. Oliver 9. Rankin & Pyke 10. Owen 11. Gill 12. Hall 13. Orford 14. & 15. Gillespie OFFICE 2. Moran 3. Aust. Past. 4. James & Johnston 7. Peters & Lush 9. Crittenden 15. Dixon

2 young boys in lane (unidentified)Written on backing sheet, "Midway Arcade being built. Lane went to Adelaide Street - 1956".

Soft covered wire-bound 25-page booklet and double-sided auction brochure announcing sale by Public Auction of Midway Arcade on Wednesday 10th December (1997).Report contents include site details, tenancy details, terms of sale, location plan and copy of certificiate of title. Conjunctional agents - Fitzroys Pty Ltd, 367 Collins Street, Melbourne; C.E. Carter & Son Pty Ltd, 128 MaroondahHighway, Ringwood, (Tel) 9870 6211.

Black and white photograph (2 copies)Backing sheet reads, "Shops opposite Town Hall and Midway Arcade 1974". ANZ Bank at 116 Maroondah Highway.

Handwritten letter in blue ink on cream paper, dated 11 March 1955, from Elsie Henry of 100 Whitehorse Road addressed to Mr Carter, Estate Agent, Ringwood, expressing wish to apply for shop space in Midway Arcade to stock millinery & accessories.

Yellow carbon copy of typewritten letter dated 16th March 1955 from Estate Agents C.E. Carter & Son to Mr. H.S. Dixon, Solicitor, 121 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood (and other applicants) regarding applications for shop and office space in Midway Arcade when constructed. Transcript: 16th March, 1955 Mr. H.S. Dixon, Solicitor, 121 Whitehorse Road, RINGWOOD. Dear Sir, We refer to your application for a shop in the new arcade. We understand construction is likely to commence in the near future, and we believe that at this stage it is hoped to have the shops ready about November. More applications have been received than there are shops available, and we have suggested that they be allocated as soon as possible. We shall advise you as soon as this has been done. We suggest there is no need to acknowledge this letter, unless there is some change in your application, but we will let you know as soon as we are aware which applications have been successful. Yours faithfully, C. E. CARTER & SON Also sent to: (Applications hereunder) Haller, Miller, Orford, Gill, Cuttriss, Coxon, Rankin, Russo, Joyce, Steele, Purser, Monro, Geoff. Baker, Bosanko, Grasby, Coldrey, Robinson, Deloso, Ishel & Roberts, Dixon.

Handwritten letter in blue ink on cream paper, dated 13 April 1955, from Elsie Henry of 100 Whitehorse Road addressed to C.E Carter & Son, Whitehorse Road, Ringwood, responding to a letter requesting details of planned fittings and stock regarding lease of shop space in Midway Arcade.(A) Re fittings. I intend having wall to wall carpet. Mirrors fitted to walls. Drawers for stock. Modern chrome hat stands & fittings. Glass show case & counter. Part of shop to be partitioned off with heavy brocade curtains. This space to be used for workroom. (B) Stock: Millinery & accessories, handbags, gloves, scarves, & fashion jewellery.

Black and white photographShops include CBC Bank on corner of Railway Station entrance, and A.N.Z Bank at 116 Maroondah Highway.

Photographic record by Russ Haines, RDHS, in 2008. The Arcade was nearing closure by its new owners, QIC, developer of Eastland and other Ringwood premises. Businesses included Hutchinson Legal, Retire Invest, Granda Flora Landscapes, Peter Cook (accountant), JJ & JA Downie P/L (building design consultants), Ross Normand (accountant), Independant Accounting.

Photographic record by Russ Haines, RDHS, in 2008. The Arcade was nearing closure by its new owners, QIC, developer of Eastland and other Ringwood premises. Businesses included Hutchinson Legal, Retire Invest, Granda Flora Landscapes, Peter Cook (accountant), JJ & JA Downie P/L (building design consultants), Ross Normand (accountant), Independant Accounting.

Photographic record by Russ Haines, RDHS, in 2008.

Photographic record by Russ Haines, RDHS, in 2008.

Photographic record by Russ Haines, RDHS, in 2008.

Photographic record by Russ Haines, RDHS, in 2008.

Photographic record by Russ Haines, RDHS, in 2008.

Photographic record by Russ Haines, RDHS, in 2008.

Before Stage 5 of the expansion of Eastland and REALM.Digital photographs only

Catalogue card reads, "Loughnan Hill from town hall roof, 1962".

Black and white photographWritten on back of photograph "Ringwood Arcade -Circa 1960's"

Typewritten letter dated 19th July, 1955, on letterheaded paper from John Critenden, Public Accountant, Auditor, Secretary, Taxation Consultant, 102 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood, Telephone WU6099, to Mr. A. Carter, C.E. Carter & Son, Whitehorse Road, Ringwood.Dear Sir, Further to my application for Mr. P. Cody for space in the New Arcade, I submit application on behalf of myself and my wife for the premises proposed, for a Café. I understand that the rent will be £10/10/- per week on the basis of a lease for five years.

Two typewritten pages and ten pages of handwritten notes and sketches - Schedule of materials to be used in the Shopping Arcade at 147 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood, being built for Ringwood Investments Pty. Ltd. Architect - P.E. Jorgensen, Collins House, 360 Collins Street, Melbourne C.1. Consulting Engineer - W.L. Irwin, 441 St.Kilda Road Melbourne. Rubber stamped Borough of Ringwood approval subject to Building Regulations and By-Laws (signed) Building Survyor 24/5/1955.

Newspaper advertisement: the Weekly Review 19 April 2017, Barry Plant real estate. Newspaper clipping: Arts and Crafts in Midway Arcade, Susan Foreman, Manningham & Nillumbik Bulletin, November 2023, p17main road, eltham, property, houses, shops, businesses, barry plant real estate, 45/123 main road eltham, 141 karingal drive briar hill, midway arcade, cathy oliver, galleries, pardalote collections

Newspaper advertisement: Eltham Optical Service, also Eltham Midway Jewellers, Shop 3, 974 Main Road, Under new management of Rebecca and Andrew; publication unknown, p11 March 1999; [on reverse, p12, Eltham Guardian Pharmacy also Eltham Optical Service, (976 Main Road) [Filed under EDHS_03095 1036] Newspaper advertisement: Diamond Valley Leader, 2 April 2008, Midway Arcade complex. Newspaper advertisement: Weekly Review, 6-12 June 2018, Miles real estate, 6/976 Main Road Eltham. Newspaper advertising feature: The Age, 22 December 2020, Traditional Italian goodness to cool off in summer, When gelato 'gluttony' comes in 36 flavours.main road, eltham, property, houses, shops, businesses, midway arcade eltham, eltham optical, miles real estate, augustus gelatery, paul vernuccio, joe molinaro

Black and white photograph of street looking towards Midway Arcade and old town hall.Written on reverse of VC777-1 "Dec 1969 OLD TOWN HALL"

Mac's Liquor Store painted in bright red on the corner of Main Road and Pryor Street. Note: Pryor Street and Luck Street were one-way at this time period. Harry Gilham 1988 Entrant No. 134 Ref: Series 34, Items 31, 32, 103, 104 SHIRE OF ELTHAM COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY Photography is an artform which many of us practice, sometimes purely for artistic pursuit, sometimes to record the people and events in our lives. In 1988, as part of a local Bicentennial project, the Shire of Eltham conducted the Eltham Community Photographic Survey. Up to 100 entries were to be selected by a panel of photographers for entry into the Eltham Photographic Survey Exhibition. Entries had to be submitted by May 13, 1988. Entrants whose images were selected for the exhibition were contacted and requested to further submit an entry form providing entrant’s name, area of residence, age, and proposed captions. These details were then used to produce labels for the exhibition mounts. Where negatives had not been supplied, these were requested to support the display of printed enlargements mounted on 10” x 8” cardboard. The mounted prints were made available post exhibition for sale at $8.50 each for colour prints and $7.00 for B&W prints. Residents in the Shire were invited to collect a free roll of film and take a photograph of what they either liked or did not like about the area. A total of 160 entrants submitted multiple entries for the exhibition. Of those selected for exhibition, entrants ranged in age from 9 to 70 years. All custom colour and black and white printing for the exhibition was completed by Wattle Studios of Eltham. The Eltham Photographic Survey was jointly auspiced by the Shire of Eltham and Wattle Studios, of 953 Main Road, Eltham. The project was greatly assisted by: • David McRitchie, Media Studies Lecturer Victoria College, Rusden Campus. • Ian and Annette Toohill of Wattle Studios • Tracy Naughton, Eltham Community Arts Officer • Neville Emerson Pty. Ltd. • Superior Press, Eltham • Kodak Australasia Pty. Ltd. • Agfa Gevaert Ltd. • Townsend Colourtech Pty. Ltd. • The Australian Bicentennial Authority • Eleanor Bowers, Secretary, Eltham Arts Council The exhibition was placed on display in the Woolworths Arcade, Eltham between Monday June 6th and Saturday June 11, 1988. It was also intended to hold the exhibition at a venue in the Shire’s North Riding from Monday, June 20 to Friday June 24. It was then displayed at the Were Street Theatre, Montmorency from Friday, June 24 to Thursday, July 7. Series 34: Eltham Community Photographic Survey 1988 - Prints & Documentation Series consists of 117 photographs of Shire scenes taken by members of the community. Items I - 41 are larger photographs mounted on card, which were exhibited. Items 42 - 117 are unmounted copies, alternative takes and other entries. Corresponding negatives contained in Series 35: Eltham Community Photographic Survey 1988 – Negatives which consists of 267 colour and B&W negatives and one colour slide of Shire scenes taken by members of the community. The negatives are arranged by the entrant number of the photographer. The Eltham Community Photographic Survey collection is significant to the local community as it was curated by the local community - ordinary people of all ages - representing what they liked and did not like in the area where they lived. It represents an unfiltered representation of the Shire of Eltham as it was in 1988. It also represents one of many projects as part of the national programme of events and celebrations to commemorate the bicentenary. It is a time capsule of life in the 1980s of this urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north. Front: Entrant No. and name on printed label Rear: Entrant No., name and address on printed label; also 'Series 34' and the 'Item No.' in pencilshire of eltham archives, bicentennial project, eltham, eltham community photographic survey, eltham photographic survey exhibition, series 34, series 35, scan - 35mm negative, eltham shops, film - kodak ga 100 5095, harry gilham, mac's liquor, main road, midway arcade, pryor street, state bank of victoria