1866 Flinders LaneAn early photo of Flinders Lane in 1866, looking east from its intersection with Elizabeth Street. All text HotPress Photograph is attributed to Charles Nettleton. Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of "Flinders Lane looking east from Elizabeth St. 1866. Shows: 1. Harris & Heymanson, manufacturers and boot importers, 2 Flinders lane east. 2. No. 18 Elizabeth Street. 3. 32 Elizabeth Street.". This is a digitally retouched

A number of buildings in the photo still exist

Charter Oak

Spencer Street cable tram and 1920 model car in foreground

probably reconstructed after 1836

Princes Bridge

glittering tables

The detail in this engraving is absolutely amazing

and the official end of World War I

entrance to Port Phillip [cartographic material] / surveyed by Commander M

Includes portions of the Royal Bank and the Equitable Assurance Society's buildings on the adjacent corners

Note : This is a panoramic image with non-standard dimensions

but the Boshevik Revolution of 1917 had undermined its military strength