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PICTURES PAGE 4
This gallery contains scans from historic Cards and Postcards that
I have picked up over the years. Some are old originals, while others
are modern reproductions. I hope you find something of interest.
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Postcards from Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
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1. The fernery at the Botanical Gardens
original postcard by The Rose Stereograph Co. Armadale, Vic.
2. J.T.Lawless & Co. Lydiard Street North
original postcard, printer unknown. I found this behind the
mantlepiece in an old house I once owned (see more below)
3. Building the "Arch of Victory" after WW1 (c1920)
modren repro put out by Eureka Real Estate, Ballarat, Vic.
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Cards found behind the mantlepiece in an old house I once owned in Ballarat South.
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The mantlepeice was installed during the 1890's, and over the next
90 years some of the cards and pictures placed on it had fallen down the small
gap where it joined the wall. When I pulled the mantlepeice off for restoration,
I found the space behind it packed with lost items.
Many had been destroyed by years of heat or been eaten by insects, but some
were good enough to keep.
1. "Best wishes", old postcard.
original postcard by Wildt & Kray, London. Printed in Bavaria.
2. Old postcard depicting a rose.
original card, printer unknown.
3. "My greeting", Remains of an old Cristmas card
original card, printer unkown.
4. "May Christmas bells ring you happiness",
old Christmas card, dated on the back 1898, printer unknown.
5. Castle Street and Town Hall, Liverpool, England.
original postcard, printer unknown.
6a. Methodist Church, Horsham, Victoria.
6b. Reverse of Methodist Church card showing original message and stamp.
original postcard, printer unknown.
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Postcards from World War 1.
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1. Private of the Australian Infantry, WWI.
modern reproduction by Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, Holbrook, NSW, Australia.
2. "From Daddy" an embroidred souviner card
sent home by an Australian soldier in France. Original postcard bt A.O. Vise Paris.
3a. Part 1 of double card: The French town of Albert
- before the battle of the Somme
3b. Part 2 of double card: The French town of Albert
- after the battle of the Somme
original postcard by MP. Catala Freres, Paris.
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Various postcards from around the world.
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1. "The Dogs Cemetery, Hyde Park, London", an old postcard from England
original postcard, printer unknown.
2. "Hotel Bethell - Rome", an old postcard from Italy
original postcard, printer unknown.
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Postcard series produced by Telecom Australia (now known as Telstra).
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1. Main Switchroom, First Floor, Central Telephone Exchange, Wills Street - 1908.
2. Trainee School for switchboard operators, circa 1910.
3. Adelaide C.B. Exchange - 1910.
4. Male operators at the Brisbane Manual Telephone Exchange, circa 1880.
Series produced possibly in the 1980s
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