Digital Photograph - Children Buying Tickets at Kiddieland Ticket Booth, Royal Melbourne Show, Ascot Vale, 1972.

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Description Of Content:: Children paying for tickets at a ticket booth.

This photograph shows children paying for tickets at a 'Kiddieland' ticket booth at the Royal Melbourne Show, Ascot Vale, September 1972. The photographer Russell Beedles went to the Royal Melbourne Show to take photographs, as suggested by Helen Skuse, the designer in the drama department at Monash Teacher's College, Blackburn. He went with Helen to the show and they both took photographs.
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Mr Russell Beedles, 2006
Acknowledgement:: Contributed by Mr Russell Beedles

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History

Themes this item is part of:	Sustainable Futures Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Primary Classification:	AGRICULTURE & RURAL LIFE
Secondary Classification:	Agricultural Shows
Tertiary Classification:	amusements
Original Caption:	Kiddieland
Inscriptions:	Kiddieland / Royal Melbourne Show / Flemington / September 1972 / Photographer: Russell Beedles
People Depicted:	unknown
Organisations Depicted:	Melbourne Showgrounds; Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria
Format:	Digital Still Image: Black & White; Tiff
Place & Date Depicted:	Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, Sep 1972 Source of Date Depicted: Photographer's records.
Photographer:	Mr Russell Beedles