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Digital Photograph - Girl on Station Pier Farewelling 'Orsova', Port Melbourne, 1954
Reg. No: MM 110633
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- Description Of Content:
- A girl smiling, standing on wooden pier with streamers at her feet. There is a ship and a bay behind her.
This photograph shows Vera Jones on Station Pier, 6 May 1954. She remembers this was 'very exciting!' Vera's friend Marina Fitch had just departed from Station Pier on the 'Orsova' to England. The SS 'Orsova' is in the background. The ship had come across from England and was now returning with passengers from Australia. - Acquisition Information:
- Copied, 2006
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 5 in (Height), 3 in (Width) |
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| Themes this item is part of: | Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | WATER TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Shipboard Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | embarkations |
| Inscriptions: | Vera. Station pier 6/5/1954 'Orsova' England. Elizabeth Studio Steve Herzenyi Photographer Albany Court 6th Floor 230 Collins Street Melb Phone {Illegible} |
| People Depicted: | Jones, Vera |
| Format: | Digital Still Image: Black & White; Tiff |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 06 May 1954 |
| Photographer: | Unknown The contributor thinks that the photographer was probably an unknown street photographer. |
| Ship Depicted: | Orient Steam Navigation Company Limited (Orient Line), 1954 |
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