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While the city awaits the outcome of the redevelopment of the remains of this priceless treasure, a reflection on its past follows. Built in 1929 to the design of Richard Gailey Jnr and Charles Hollinshed (designer of the Melbourne Regent) it was one of four opulent Regent theatres constructed in Australia in the grand Hollywood style of the time. Its site had been acquired by one of the doomed Mayne children, William, in 1892 and after his death, passed onto his brother James and sister Mary. During Bjelke Petersen’s reign in the 1970s, the auditorium was sacrificed to a Hoyts multiplex cinema and the city lost what was amongst the grandest theatre venues in Australia. It had boasted a 25000 pound Wurlitzer organ from New York (now in GOMA’s Cinematheque), an oval dome above the auditorium with a one-ton bronze chandelier, and extraordinary decorative plasterwork in the foyer. After protests, only the foyer was retained. What lies ahead is anyone’s guess but it appears that unfortunately the lessons of the demolition era have not been learned and yet again Brisbane may be about to lose again one of its dwindling irreplaceable works of art. Source: www.mustdobrisbane.com/visitor-info-arts-culture-history/...

From Krakow, it seems. Want to do your own Krakoviak dance? Instructions here: www.yiddishdance.com/Krakoviak.pdf

In Polish, the spelling would be "krakowiak". The word also means "a male resident of Kraków". And, as if there were not enough confusion, a female resident of Kraków would be "krakowianka".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakowiak

Other Bain/LOC photos taken during the Midsummer Day Festival of the girls of Washington Irving High School, on June 23, 1911, in Bronx Park [corrected on some photos to Pelham Bay Park]: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163516194/#] New York Times story, June 24, 1911 [scrolling required]: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A02E1DA1E3EE2...

Thanks very much for adding this to the Dancing Outside group

Fancy having a lion, tiger, horse, goat, and monkeys living next door? Poor Mr Jarvis did. Read about 'Queensland's worst neighbour' at our John Oxley Library Blog: blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2010/02/05/queenslands-worst-nei...

That article is priceless!

I can confirm there are two lions in that photo. The lions were obtained from Melbourne zoo and integrated into the act. It was first performed in Brisbane in May 1903 Ref: THE "INNER LIFE" OF A MODERN CIRCUS. (1903, May 23). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 22 Supplement: Unknown. Retrieved March 16, 2015, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21645453

Liz Clark Thank you for confirming where the lions came from. Great to read the article from the Queenslander about Wirth's Circus. We will add this detail to the image record. Thank you

You're welcome. Here's the blog post I wrote about it today. circuszooanimals.blogspot.co.nz/2015/03/an-ocular-demonst...