[Editor: This postcard, which incorporates a photo of the Pioneer Monument (Gundagai, NSW), including a statue of the dog on the tucker box, is dated 20 February 1958.]
[Front of postcard]
P2272 PIONEERS MONUMENT. GUNDAGAI. N.S.W.
[Description: A photo of the statue of the dog on the tucker box (Gundagai).]
[Reverse of postcard]
[Handwritten text, in italics]
En route Melbourne to Sydney. Have been on the road for three days, so got a little glance of Australia.
Have too little time everywhere and push like mad. Each port has been interesting. Really no time to write.
Love
Gertrude
Feb. 20, ’58
[Addressed to:]
Mr. & Mrs. M.W. Morill
59 Grove Ave.
Leominster
Mass.
U.S.A.]
[The identifying information about the manufacturer was obscured on the postcard (covered up by stamps); but, based upon similar postcards, the text is believed to be:]
POST CARD
A GENUINE PHOTOGRAPH
Published by C.A. PITT LTD.
Payneham, SA
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 89 mm. (width), 142 mm. (height).
The address on the postcard has been confirmed using Google Maps.
en route = (French) on the way
Mass. = an abbreviation of “Massachusetts”: a state located on the north-east coast of the United States of America
See: “Massachusetts”, Wikipedia
U.S.A. = (abbreviation) United States of America
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