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James and Eva Johnston on the roof of the Grosvenor Hotel, Adelaide, 1926

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From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston. Jim and Eva are sitting at the back left. The State Library of South Australia has an image of the hotel during its construction in 1919: https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+16110

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Image courtesy of Patricia Levitzke-Gray.
Image courtesy of Patricia Levitzke-Gray.

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