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  • Black and white photo of two young children
  • Black and white photo of two horses in front of a tram
    Credit: Courtesy of Coburg Historical Society
  • A single row boat floats down a flooded Melbourne street
  • A crowd of onlookers at a football game
  • Black and white photo of a cat sitting at a table
  • Black and white photo of two men filling the petrol of two cars
    Service station, Melbourne. This work is in copyright; H88.33/103
  • Black and white photo of two ballet dancers
  • Black and while aerial shot of St Kilda foreshore
  • Sepia photo of a tin shed next to Melbourne's post office
  • From the Vault department stores
  • Men and women in straw hats, trousers and long skirts play tennis in bush surrounds
  • From the vault plastic
    Plastic's got us hook, line & sinker - recycle now, Carole Wilson. H2000.185/277

From the Vault delves into the surprising, poignant and sometimes funny stories behind the unique archival images in the State Library Victoria catalogue.

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