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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

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=keep%20sketch - "Another way of telling some one to look out, "keep sketch" is a phrase popular in the East Coast of Ireland."

maps.google.com/maps?q=Harcourt+Street,+Dublin,+Ireland&a... Street view - lots of changes

Z 1 to Z 9999 (Mar 1927 – Sep 1938); YI 1 to YI 9999 (Apr 1921 – Mar 1927); So well after Mar 1927 given Z 4229

1931 has a Monday 13th July as has 1936 and 1942 next one is 1953 so one of the previous 3 I think. Also 1931 is too early for the Z 4229 reg so take your pick between 1936 and 1942 I pick 1936 as if it was 1942 there would be less cars and some signs of the "Emergency"

Hold That 1936 Prediction it could just be 1931?? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skin_Game_(1931_film) The Skin Game is a 1931 film by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a play by John Galsworthy and produced by British International Pictures (BIP). The story revolves around two rival families, the Hillcrists and the Hornblowers, and the disastrous results of the feud between them. Release dates26 February 1931 UK release