1858 Collins Street Looking West across Swanston Street Melbourne 1921-1940 This is a digitally retouched

This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the State Library of New South Wales

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of an "Elevated view of Melbourne looking south down King Street with Flagstaff Gardens in foreground

coloured to represent the materials to be used as described in the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways dated 1/10/1900

sign on top of the theatre reads 'Barrister'

A photograph in 1874 of Spring Street

1858 Collins Street Looking West across Swanston Street Melbourne 1921-1940 This is a digitally retouchedA very quiet day on Collins Street, taken in 1858, looking West along Collins Street, from just east of the Swanston Street intersection. The town looks deserted, similar to many other photographs from this period, but in fact anything that wasn't completely stationary for at least a couple of minutes was registered as a blur in these early days of photography. This photograph has been taken from an upper floor of a building (most likely the