1901 View of the Grand Hotel Queen Street Sprightly and Alacrity

Sprightly and Alacrity

This was one of the last maps produced from that period that did not show the MCG

Notes from the State Library tell us that the image is a "Panoramic view across intersection showing traffic and pedestrians

Our team of conservators have worked on a high resolution digital image in order to remove blemishes  and damage caused by the handling and storage of the original

later renamed Batman Avenue in 1913

1901 View of the Grand Hotel Queen Street Sprightly and AlacrityA beautiful image of the "Grand Hotel" around 1901, taken from the steps of Parliament House in Spring Street. This photograph was one of many of "Marvellous Melbourne" taken by Nicholas Caire around the turn of the century, when Melbourne had established itself as one of the world's most significant cities. The "Grand Hotel" was designed by Charles Webb and opened in 1884, but was originally only half the size of the current building. New owners in