Princes Bridge, Melbourne
Registration number
1088991
Title
Princes Bridge, Melbourne
Medium
paper
Dimensions (H x W x D)
8.8 x 13.5 cm
Inscriptions
UL – Princes Bridge, Melbourne.
Verso: (handwritten) CL – Dear Fred, Just a PC / hoping you had / a good day on / Sunday, it was / wet here so none / of us went out / If fine Tuesday / we are going to / Footscray, its getting / nearer fleet time / now. How is the / (illeg.) now any / where (illeg.) top with / love (illeg.) Monday 24th ; CR - Mr Fred Smell / C/o Henry Berry / Grenfell St / Adelaide / S.A.
Credit line
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
Keywords
Summary
This postcard depicts Princes Bridge from the south bank of the Yarra River. It is dated to c. 1908 with reference to the sender’s mention of it “getting nearer fleet time now”, which refers to the arrival of The Great White Fleet into Port Melbourne on 29 August 1908. As is typical of a winter’s day in Melbourne, the sender suggests that Sunday was wet.