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Postcard - South West Facade, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1904
Reg. No: SH 960664
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- Summary:
- This is a black & white postcard of the Exhibition Building, showing the south west facade with gardens and an unmade pathway in the foreground, 1904. The postcard was sent to Mrs H Pederson, 922 North Horsman Street, Rockford Ill, America, and is postmarked 5 October 1904.
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. - Description:
- A black & white photograph of the south west facade of the Exhibition Building with an unmade pathway and gardens in the foreground. There is a wide, white border at the left of the photograph with a handwritten inscription in black ink. In the upper right hand corner there is a black postmark. On the reverse of the postcard, there is a handwritten address in black ink and a one penny Victorian postage stamp.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), 1991
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 85 mm (Height), 137 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | buildings, civic mementoes, correspondence, exterior views, royal exhibition building, souvenirs, postcards |
| Themes this item is part of: | Royal Exhibition Building Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING |
| Secondary Classification: | Revenue |
| Tertiary Classification: | souvenir postcards |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse, text: Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria. Obverse, handwritten: 4.10.04; Mid Vertigs hilsen fra/ Karen. Obverse, postmarked: NO 4 9:30AM '04 Reverse, text: POST CARD.; THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE. Reverse, handwritten: Mrs H Pedersen/ 922 North Horsman Str/ Rockford Ill/ America Reverse, postmarked: SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.STA.D/ OCT 31/ 2:30PM/ 1904; MELBOURNE/ AM/430/ 5.10.04/ 1 |
| Place & Date Made: | Australia, 1904 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, Victoria, Australia, 1904 |
| Addressed To: | Mrs H Pedersen, United States of America, 1904 |
| Place & Date Used: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1904 |
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