Summary
Envelope with black and white image of the Exhibition Building, showing the south west facade with the garden in the foreground, circa 1909. The envelope has been used and is addressed to a Mr. O. A. Carr in Texas.
The Exhibition Building was built for the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition, which opened to visitors on 1 October 1880. On 9 May 1901, it hosted the opening of the First Commonwealth Parliament of Australia. By the early 20th century, picture postcards and envelopes of the Exhibition Building were a popular Melbourne souvenir.
Physical Description
Small envelope with photographic image of the Exhibition Building on the front, which has been slit open at the top. An address is handwritten in black ink of the front of the envelope. There is a Victorian Twopence Halfpenny stamp in the top right corner of the envelope, a Victorian postmark on the front and a Texas postmark on the reverse.
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Postmarked
Box Hill, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 Dec 1909
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Inscriptions
Printed lower right corner of envelope: EXHIBITION BUILDINGS, MELB Handwritten in black ink on front of envelope: per B. , M.J. "Moama" / Card only / Mr O. A. Carr / Care - Burdette College / Sherman / Texas / U.S.A. Postmarked on front: BOX HILL VICTORIA DE 15 09 Postmarked on reverse: SHERMAN TEXAS JAN 20 2-PM 1910
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Overall Dimensions
120 mm (Width), 95 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Royal Exhibition Building, Souvenirs, Correspondence, Exterior Views, Civic Mementoes
