Photograph, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, Laying the Foundation Stone at the Central institute, Australian Wharf, 5 February 1907, 5 February 1907

Album (Item) - Photograph album, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, The Mission to Seamen in Melbourne, 1905-1910

Historical information

Laying the Foundation Stone for the Central institute, Australian Wharf, 5 February 1907. This photo appears to depict the beginning of the event, before diginitaries have arrived, as there are not many spectators.

Significance

A snapshot of the moment of inception of the Central Institute by the Yarra River.

Physical description

Small monochrome outdoor photograph, depicting the start of a gathering crowd, and some mounted police, at the site of the future MTSV

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