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The Cymyn, 166 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne - 1946

East Melbourne

  • 166 Wellington Parade

Building names

  • The Cymyn

Surnames

  • Franzi

Subjects

  • Franzi Kev
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  • Sprigg William Gardiner
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Acquisition number: 
406
Catalogue number: 
emvf0383
File name: 
VF0383
File location: 
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Photo of house at 166 Wellington Parade taken in 1946. Shows large two storey house with timber arcaded verandah and timber balcony above and an octagonal turret with elaborate cement decoration beneath the eaves. Built c.1908 for William Gardiner Sprigg who called it The Cymyn. The photographer, Kev Franzi lived in the house in 1940s when it was a boarding house run by his mother.

Item type: 
Photograph
Building name: 
The Cymyn
Subject address: 
166 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne
Related content: 
Journeys in time: The VPK - My Key to Adventure
Item size: 
12x17cm
Photographer: 
Kev Franzi
Date of publication or creation: 
1946
History of item: 

Used in 'Kev Franzi's Journeys in Time' in Photographic Trader, No. 109. [See VF 354]

Owner of original: 
Kev Franzi
Copyright owner: 
use unrestricted subject to acknowledgement
Year acquired: 
2005
Donor: 
Kev Franzi
Date digitised: 
2007-06-10
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