Flinders Street Station c1951
Maker unknown
Registration number
1753429
Artist/maker
Maker unknown
Title
Flinders Street Station
Production date
c1951
Medium
paper on card
Dimensions (H x W x D)
21 x 26.3 cm (photograph); 22 x 29 cm (mount)
Inscriptions
obverse: The Central Railway Station / In this centrally situated station are 16 platforms, with a total face length of 1&3/4 miles, in constant use. Approximately 2,000 electric and steam trains pass through or leave this station each day. The average number of passengers passing through Flinders Street and Princes Bridge Stations - which are connected and may be considered as one - is 310,761 each day.
Credit line
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
Keywords
Summary
A black and white photograph of Flinders Street Station from the late 1940s or early 1950s. Princes Bridge Station and Young and Jackson are also visible. The photograph is from the book "Souvenir View Book of Melbourne" published by Osboldstone in 1951.