Albums of postcards, prints and photographic postcards of Australia and overseas cities and towns, ca. 1907-1939 / compiled by D.M. Moore

PXA 1435
PXB 569

fonds

ca. 1907-1939

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Cartographic Materials, Photographs, Prints, Clippings

913365

5 albums (approx. 600 of postcards, prints and photographic postcards) - black and white - colour; 21 x 29 cm. or smaller
3 maps - colour - 21 x 19 cm. or smaller
1 clipping - 15 x 19 cm.

Collection of tourist postcards, prints and photographic prints from possibly a world trip, and Australian east coast motor holiday between 1907 and 1939.

PXA 1435/Box 1

Album of 71 prints and postcards, 3 maps, 1 newspaper clipping, 'Mount Victoria Pass'. Titled, 'Brisbane to Sydney, 5 and a half days by motor, via Northern Rivers'. Album has manuscript notes throughout stating towns visited, times of arrival and departure, distances travelled. Journey commences 29 November 1913 from Brisbane and arrived Hotel Australia, Sydney, 11.5, 5 December 1913. 3 small maps of New South Wales. Album cover made of leather and titled, Motor Memories.

PXA 1435/Box 2

Album of approx. 140 postcards, some colour, of Paris, Marseille, Perth, Melbourne, Tasmania, Queensland. Some postcards have manuscript notes. Spine title, 'France - Australia'.

PXA 1435/Box 3

Album of approx. 256 postcards, mostly coloured, of South-East Asia, China, Hawaii, U.S.A., and England. Some images have date notes, 21.12.07. Spine title, 'East and America, 1907'.

PXB 569/Box 1

Album of 88 postcards, some colour, of New Zealand depicting landscape, cities, towns, Maori villages and the Maori people. 'Post Card Album' on cover. Spine title, New Zealand, 1910.

PXB 569/Box 2

Album of 52 prints and postcards of New Guinea, June 1939. Depicts towns and villages, markets and landscape, villagers. Includes some postcards of Brisbane, 2-20 July 1939.

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.1998 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012

No date
Date based on manuscript dates throughout album