Summary
Memorial card printed in memory of Richard Smith, who died 14 September 1884, aged 15 months.
Master Smith was interred in the Melbourne General Cemetery. The undertaker for the funeral was WG Apps, Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy and Robe Street St Kilda.
Physical Description
Cream card with black border. The cream card is embossed and cutout with decorations that feature a female figure at left and right, a gravestone at left middle and right, a church and steeple behind the woman at right, and bunches of delicate flowers at top.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Judy Wheeler, 14 Jun 2012
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Organisation Named
Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy and Robe Street, St Kilda, WG Apps Undertaker, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Sep 1884
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Inscriptions
Front, middle, printed unless otherwise noted, black ink: 'In Memory of (printed) / Richard Smith (handwritten) / Who died (printed) 14 September 1884 (handwritten) / Aged (printed) 15 months (handwritten) / WAS INTERRED IN THE MELBOURNE GENERAL CEMETERY / 188 / W.G.APPS, UNDERTAKER, FITZROY STREET, FITZROY / AND ROBE STREET ST. KILDA.'
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Keywords
Death & Mourning, Cards, Greeting Cards, Funerals, Memorials, Children, Infant Mortality, Burials