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

Melbourne, Flinders Street, Streets of Melbourne, 1950s, Souvenir View Book of Melbourne, Trams, Flinders Street Station, Princes Bridge Station, Young and Jackson

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.