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

[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

[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”.]