Physical description
Black and white photograph of a flood in Elizabeth St, with the GPO, Royal Arcade and London Stores in the background. Taken at the intersection with Flinders Lane. Shows a car with water washing over it and a safety zone in the background.
Photograph by The Age, has a copy right stamp on the rear.
Follows a massive downpour around the Queen Victoria Market. The cataloguer was working nearby in Collins St at the time, but no camera!
See TMSV Running Journal April 1972 for details of the event.
Inscriptions & markings
On the rear in pencil "Thursday 17/2/72 4 to 5pm, 3" Rain"
