Editor: This postcard, which incorporates a photograph of a koala in a tree, is undated; however, it is believed to have been published in the 1940s or 1950s.]
[Front of postcard]
Greetings from Australia
29.
— Koala —
Native Bear,
Australia.
“Earston”
Copyright
[Description: A photograph of a koala in an extremely-pruned tree.]
[Reverse of postcard]
Post Card
Correspondence Address only
Kodak Kodak Kodak Kodak
[Handwritten text, in italics]
Hulloh my Sweetie,
& how are you a Popping? I hope you are having a very nice school holiday.
Uncle & I went to the Pictures last night, but they wasn’t very nice.
Uncle’s old wonky leg is better this week.
Love to Mum, Merle & Jewel & lots to my Sweetie. xxxxx
Auntie Nell x
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 89 mm. (width), 138 mm. (height).
The manufacturer’s name was difficult to decipher; it appears to be “Earston”, but that may be incorrect.
the pictures = films, movies; movie cinema (the building, location)
wonky = askew, lopsided, misaligned, not level, not straight, off-centre; groggy, rickety, shaky, unsteady; feeble, not quite right, unreliable; not working very well, liable to develop a fault or cease functioning
x = a symbol for a kiss (depending on the circumstances, it may indicate a loving kiss, a familial kiss, or a friendly kiss)
[Editor: For ease of reading, the original text has been separated into paragraphs.]
[Editor: Changed “Popping,” to “Popping?”; “Uncles” to “Uncle’s”.]
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