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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: 'SPECTATORS AT SUBIACO OVAL', EARLY 1960'S

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1960

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Subiaco Oval and its sporting history

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A black and white photograph showing the backs of a group of spectators at Subiaco Oval. The men in the foreground are standing on various objects to gain an elevated view.
Left to right: Two men stand upon overturned buckets, two men in hats each stand on low trestle stools, to their right a man stands on an overturned 'Mobil-Laurel' branded kerosene drum. On the far right a man stands on what appears to be a wooden crate, with clasped hands holding a cigarette.
There are two hole punches at the bottom of the photograph.
Front: Has handwritten note: 'This box eventually collapsed under weight of spectators' [arrow pointing to the man on the far right standing on the wooden crate].
Reverse: has handwritten label 'Spectators at Subiaco Oval', 'SCC Files.'
Loose label attached with photo: 'Bring Your Own Grandstand! Spectators at Subiaco Oval in the early 1960's', 'WA Newspapers [handwritten underneath]'

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cwa-org-43-2023.268.1

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251 mm

Height or length

205 mm

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