Summary
One of three black and white postcards attached to an album page. Part of a large unbound photograph album containing 344 black and white photographs depicting Christian Endeavour and Sunday School outings, soldiers in a camp in Australia, a flood at Ballarat and images of the official Royal visit by the Duke and Duchess of York. Also attached to the album are souvenir postcards of Melbourne landmarks and views of regional towns in Victoria, as well as 26 sympathy cards for the death of a family member, Rupert Holt.
The album belonged to the Holt Family and may have been compiled by Miss Thelma Holt, of 'Corra Lynn', 1 Hartington Street, Elsternwick.
Description of Content
Royal Exhibition Building, gardens and part of Nicholson Street showing tram, people and carriage. Photograph taken from an elevated position in Nicholson Street with a view of the south east facade in the background. The lake and gardens are in the immediate foreground as well as the obelisk and lighthouse structure immediately south of the building. Annexes appear at the north side of the building.
Physical Description
postcard; black and white; photomechanical; paper; attached to album page.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Images & Image Making, Royal Exhibition Building
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1901
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Original Owner
Ms Thelma Holt, Elsternwick, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1926-1930
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Photographer
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Format
Postcard, Monochrome
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Inscriptions
Printed on the bottom of the postcard; 'MELBOURNE. EXHIBITION BUILDING. J.W. Lindt.photo.'
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Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
137 mm (Width), 87 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Civic Mementoes, Exterior Views, Photography, Postcards, Royal Exhibition Building, Souvenirs