Summary
Black and white postcard of the ship QSMV Dominion Monarch at Cape Town, South Africa. The postcard is addressed to Miss Elsie Storie and thanks her for a book given to the author of the postcard before he or she sailed, presumably on the ship depicted. The author mentions that the ship will arrive in Capetown next Tuesday. The author's mention of 'mother' suggests that he or she is a relative of Elsie, although the signed name does not look like that of her only sibling, John Francis Storie.
Part of a collection of paper-based ephemera relating to the life of Miss Elsie Storie, a middle-class Melbourne woman who was born around 1895, lived through both wars, and remained in Melbourne all her life.
The QSMV Dominion Monarch was launched in 1938 as an all first class passenger service, on the New Zealand-Australia-England route. During World War II it was used as a troopship. It was broken up in 1962.
Description of Content
Q.S.M.V. Dominion Monarch stationary in front of cliffs.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin postcard.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr John Millward, Mrs Millward, 2007
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Ship Depicted
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Format
Postcard, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Printed on the image; 'Q.S.M.V. 'DOMINION MONARCH' Printed in black ink on the back of the postcard; 'SHAW / SAVILL / LINE / m.v 'DOMINION MONARCH' / 26.500 tons' Hand written in blue ink on the back of the postcard; 'Dear Else. So many thanks [?] / for [illeg] book & good wishes. I have not read it yet but with plenty of time I shall soon get / around to it. Sorry I did not see / more of you the day we sailed but / I spent quite a time with mother who / stayed in Bruck's [?] car on the pier. I / hardly saw some of the folk who came / to see me off. Bern [?] had 15 take care of / them & of course the weather made many / sorry [?] ...' [extended text continues]
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Overall Dimensions
137 mm (Width), 86 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Correspondence, Postcards, Travel & Tourism, Shipboard Travel, Ships