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Snow Scene, Ballarat Gardens: 1905 [postcard, dated 11 June 1908]

12 April 2022 · 1 Comment

[Editor: This postcard incorporates a photo of a man standing in the snow in the Ballarat Gardens in 1905; it is postmarked Ballarat, 11 June 1908.]

Snow Scene, Ballarat Gardens: 1905

Postcard of a man standing in the snow in the Ballarat Gardens in 1905
Front of postcard



Postcard dated 1908
Reverse of postcard

[Front of postcard]

Snow Scene, Ballarat Gardens. 1905

[Reverse of postcard]

W.T.P. POST CARD

[Handwritten text, in italics]

Ballarat

Don’t it look very cold, but it’s lovely to see Ballarat when it’s like that.

xx Albert

Miss Chapman
C/o Dempsters
Brisbane St
Launceston
Tasmania




Source:
Original document

Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 131 mm. (width), 89 mm. (height).

The postcard is postmarked Ballarat, 11 June 1908, 9.30am.

St = an abbreviation of “Street” (also rendered with a full stop or period: “St.”; also: “Str.”)

x = a symbol for a kiss (depending on the circumstances, it may indicate a loving kiss, a familial kiss, or a friendly kiss)

[Editor: Punctuation has been inserted as deemed appropriate.]

[Editor: Changed “but it lovely” to “but it’s lovely”, “when it like” to “when it’s like”.]

Filed Under: ephemera, postcards Tagged With: Ballarat (Victoria), ESU funding, HTML tables (side) div style, IAC Ephemera Collection, postcard, snow, SourceIACLibrary, year1905, year1908, yearsX2

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  1. Raymond says

    13 April 2022 at 00:41

    Hello again Ed. This hyperlink to a family album of Dempsters in Launceston, might add extra information for you on that firm.
    My guess is that Miss Chapman was an employee of the firm; and perhaps young Albert who sent the card might also have been a Taswegian. Hope it helps.

    http://www.launcestonfamilyalbum.org.au/detail/1030920/charles-dempster

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