Summary
Postcard featuring a blue-black sketch of the southern facade of the Royal Exhibition Building, made in 1980 and published by Honey Clarke. The postcard shows two children in the foreground holding a banner and was made to celebrate the building's centenary in 1980.
Physical Description
Cream card with a blue-black & white line drawing of the southern facade of the Exhibition Building. In the foreground on the left there is a girl in 1880s fashion holding a hoop and on the right there is a boy standing on a skateboard wearing 1980 fashion. The two children are holding a banner between them. In the upper left hand corner there is a hot air balloon. On the reverse of the postcard there is text explaining the history of the Exhibition Building, space for a message, an address and a postage stamp. The card is unused.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Publisher
Honey Clarke, Richmond, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1980
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1980
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Inscriptions
Printed on front: 1880-1980/ Exhibition Building Melbourne; EH Printed on back: HONEY CLARKE/ 21 Rotherwood Street Richmond Victoria 3121 Australia; EXHIBITION BUILDING CENTENARY/ 1880-1980/ Designed by Joseph Reed and finished in 1880/ for Victoria's first international exhibition, the Exhibition Building stands as a splendid/ reminder of "Marvelous Melbourne".; 1
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Classification
Public events, Melbourne international centenary exhibition 1980, Commemorative
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
150 mm (Width), 108 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Centenaries, Civic Mementoes, Exterior Views, Postcards, Royal Exhibition Building, Souvenirs
