Summary
This is a colour postcard of Carlton Gardens showing the Exhibition Building in the background, circa 1907. The postcard was sent to Mrs C Amery, Buckingham St, Richmond and is postmarked and dated 16 March 1907.
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 of the Exhibition Building were a popular Melbourne souvenir.
The division of the reverse of the postcard, allowing a message to be written on one half and the address on the other, was not permitted in Britain until 1902 and Australia until 1905.
Physical Description
A colour tinted photograph of Carlton Gardens showing a pathway between two large, fenced-in gardens. The dome of the Exhibition Building can be seen in the middle of the photograph. The image is tinted blue, yellow, pink & green with an orange tint on the horizon. On the reverse of the postcard there is a handwritten inscription in black ink and an orange Victorian postage stamp.
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Sep 1991
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Place & Date Made
Australia, circa 1907
The division of the reverse of the postcard, allowing a message to be written on one half and the address on the other, was not permitted in Britain until 1902 and Australia until 1905. -
Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1907
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Inscriptions
Obverse, text: The Carlton Gardens. Reverse, text: POST CARD; This Space may be used for Correspondence; This Space for Address Only. Reverse, handwritten: 16/3/07/ Dear Mrs A./ Lil and I/ are just going to/ see who is elected/ hoping Mr Wright/ is in/ Hoping this/ will find you/ improving in health/ Rose; Mrs C. Amery/ Buckingham St/ Richmond Reverse, postmarked: MELBOURNE/ 18/ 2:30A 16 MR.07/ VICTORIA
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Overall Dimensions
136 mm (Width), 59 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Civic Mementoes, Correspondence, Exterior Views, Postcards, Royal Exhibition Building, Souvenirs