Summary
This is a colour tinted postcard of the Exhibition Building, showing the south west facade with gardens and an unmade pathway in the foreground, circa 1905. The postcard was sent to Miss Dorothy Moore, Elmore, 6 Audly Gardens, Seven Kings, Essex, England and is postmarked 7 February 1905.
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 Australia until 1905.
Physical Description
A black & white photograph of the Exhibition Building showing the south west facade with garden and an unmade pathway in the foreground. There is a narrow white border on the left hand side and a wide white border on the right hand side, both containing handwritten inscriptions. On the reverse of the card there is a handwritten address in black ink, an orange one penny Victorian postage stamp and green half penny 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 1905
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 1905
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Inscriptions
Obverse, text: EXHIBITION/ MELBOURNE; Copyright. Obverse, handwritten: 8 Feb 1905, Elmore; Dear Dorothy, I hope you are well/ I and your Aunt are as well as we/ can expect this hot weather/ perhaps you will hear from me/ next week with love from Cousin/ Mary Reverse, text: POST CARD; THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE Reverse, handwritten: Miss Dorothy Moore/ Elmore/ 6 Audly Gardens/ Seven Kings/ Essex/ England Reverse, postmarked: Elmore/ FE 7/ 05/ VICTORIA
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Overall Dimensions
139 mm (Width), 87 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Civic Mementoes, Correspondence, Exterior Views, Postcards, Royal Exhibition Building, Souvenirs
