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The text on the back of the Mitchell Library copy of this photo - is considered to be in error. "The bar of Theatre Royal Melbourne about 1865". The State Library record here is in conflict on the issue - giving the location as both the Theatre Royal - and Crystal Bar. It can't be both ! Theatre Heritage Australia via Dr Mimi Colligan has researched the photo - and concludes that it is the Crystal Bar at Cremorne Gardens - and State Library has amended their record to "Crystal Bar at Cremorne Gardens, Richmond, Victoria, ca. 1860". The whole story here: www.theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/general-arti...

Thanks Lins - have updated here.

this is the description of the bar in the 1858 Argus - We are almost sorry to be compelled to speak of the bar in terms of higher praise than those we have used regarding any other part of the gardens, but certes it is one of the handsomest places of the kind which we have ever witnessed. An air of coolness and increased spaciousness has been given it by the erection of a wall of plate-glass in the rear of the counter. At the top of the mirrors and at the back of pendant crystals are the jets of light which illuminate the place. Statues and flower vases and pictures are deposited wherever there is a chance of their heightening the general effect. Altogether, as an exhibition of taste devoted to a special purpose, we imagine the bar may challenge competition with anything of the kind in either hemisphere. In our own country this style of drinking temple is rarely attempted. It is in America where they are found in the greatest perfection, and we must therefore leave it to our trans-Atlantic brethren to decide upon the comparative merits of this Bacchanalian resort. CREMORNE GARDENS. (1858, November 16). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5. Retrieved December 9, 2020, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7304641 and another much later description Coppin's Cremorne (1933, April 8). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. Retrieved December 9, 2020, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4728609

Fantastic picture

Ron Richards (8 May 1910 – 14 January 1967 (aged 56)) born Ranold/Randell William Richards in Ipswich, Queensland was an Indigenous Australian professional middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1930s and 1940s who won the Queensland State (Australia) heavyweight title, Australian middleweight title, Australian heavyweight title, Australian light heavyweight title, and British Empire middleweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 151 lb (68 kg; 10 st 11 lb), i.e. middleweight to 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb), i.e. light heavyweight.[1] He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Richards_(boxer)

Ron (Ranald) RichardsPrint Page Print this page The plaque commemorates Aboriginal boxer, Ron Richards. Ron (Ranald) Richards (1910-1967) was the holder of six boxing titles (middleweight and heavyweight). Ron Richards learned his craft in the fighting tents and was famous for his speed, toughness, and counterpunching. He retired from boxing in 1945 having amassed a ring career in excess of 140 fights and more than 60 knockout victories. He was ranked number three in both middleweight and light-heavyweight in 1938. Richards was inducted into the Queensland Indigenous Sporting Hall of Fame in 2010 and into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003. Ron was a resident of Purga Mission. Source: monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/indigenous/display...

4 years, earlier, as Phillies manager, with family:

Patrick Moran (1876-1924) was a catcher and manager in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Beaneaters (1901–1905), Chicago Cubs (1906–1909) and Philadelphia Phillies (1910–1914). As a manager, he led two teams to their first-ever modern-era National League championships: the 1915 Philadelphia Phillies and the 1919 Cincinnati Reds. [1]