Name/TitleMack's Hotel, Geelong, showing mounted police outside and coach and pair (possibly associated with Royal visit), c. 1890
About this objectGlass slide of a photograph of Corio Terrace and Mack's Hotel. An official event is taking place, as mounted police and a coach are in front of the hotel. A girl is in the foreground and she is viewing the proceedings on the other side of the street.
Mack's Hotel, first known as the Wool Pack Inn, was located in Corio Terrace (now Brougham Street) in Geelong. During the late 1880s it was known as the Geelong Coffee Palace. Heritage Register H7721-0499.
One of many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.
Permission to be obtained for reproduction and publication. For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria
Measurements8.1 x 8.2 cm.
Period1890-1900
Object TypeGlass slide
Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956
Subject and Association KeywordsGeelong (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsMack's Hotel (Geelong, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsHotels
Medium and MaterialsGlass slide, b&w.
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberGS-EV-27
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