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Fire damage of Buckinghams building, corner Oxford and Riley Streets Darlinghurst, 1968

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Unique IDA-00050617SeriesCity Engineer's Photographs IIDate29th April 1968Date qualifierexactFormatPhotograph - NegativeDescriptionLooking S from Oxford Street down Riley St, from beside the site of the burnt out shell of Buckinghams Dept store. Bulldozers are operating on the site as part of the clearing & demolition process. Building on the left is the side of the Brighton Hotel which fronts onto Oxford Street at no 75-77. On the wall past the hotel is a sign referring to the Central Meat Mart just around the corner. This sign is on the rear of the meat mart building which is also on Oxford Street at no 79. Further along Riley Street is Arnold Place & then the Rural Bank of NSW garage & store at 172 -190 Riley Street. Parked in the street is a Volkswagen Kombi van, a Vauxhall ute & a Volkswagen Kombi pickup truck. At the upper left, on the rear of 81 Oxford, is a large recirculating airvent assy. In the centre is a warning sign at the location of an open trench.LanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)Author/creatorPhotographer: Unknown

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Source system ID022\022259Alternative IDNSCA CRS 871/35(e)1

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Fire damage of Buckinghams building, corner Oxford and Riley Streets Darlinghurst, 1968