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- A Past Owner or User Box Hill, Australia
- B Place & Date Depicted Woodend, Australia
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Postcard - Daniel Harvey Pty Ltd, Hanging Rock, Woodend, Victoria, circa 1940
Reg. No: MM 89642
- Summary:
- Image is part of a collection of photographs, documentary artefacts and trade literature relating to Daniel Harvey Pty. Ltd. agricultural implement manufacturer, Box Hill, Victoria.
- Description:
- Black and white postcard inscribed with a letter on the back.
- Description Of Content:
- View of Hanging Rock, Woodend, Victoria, showing a view of the Rock and the surrounding bushland with open plains in the foreground. The back of the postcard bears a letter written by a child, Elaine, who is holidaying at Fern Vale farm, Woodend and is adressed to her grandmother. In it the child describes the area and recounts that snow fell a few days earlier.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Veronica Harvey, 1987
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 9.0 cm (Width), 14.4 cm (Length) |
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| Tagged with: | agriculture, bushes, leisure, natural environment, recreation, tourist attractions, beautiful, lots of trees, nice view up top |
| Themes this item is part of: | Childhood & Youth Collection, Leisure Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Daniel Harvey Collection |
| Primary Classification: | RECREATION & TOURISM |
| Secondary Classification: | Travel |
| Tertiary Classification: | images (to be classified) |
| Original Caption: | Hanging Rock Woodend |
| Inscriptions: | Handwritten in black ink on reverse: "Tuesday. / Fern Vale Farm / Woodend / S.S. 100 / Dear Grandma, / We are enjoying our holiday very much. / The farm is 2¼ miles from hanging-rock and we are 2800 ft above sea level...". |
| Organisations Depicted: | Daniel Harvey Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Woodend, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940 |
| Past Owner or User: | Daniel Harvey Ltd, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940 |
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