Postcard - Western Facade & Forecourt, Exhibition Building, Harding & Billing, Melbourne, circa 1905
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1905
This is a colour postcard of the western facade and forecourt of the Exhibition Building circa 1905. During the 1888-1889 Centennial International Exhibition temporary annexes were built in the western forecourt.
After the Exhibition the annexes were removed and a circular garden similar to the one planted for the 1880-1881 Melbourne International Exhibition was reinstated. A colour tinted photograph of the Exhibition Building from the western entrance showing forecourt, circular driveway and garden with an urn on the outer edge of the parterre. The image is surrounded by a border of thin lines and dots, slightly embossed, in green.
In the lower right hand corner the number 24 is printed. On the reverse, the initials HB on an artists palette indicate that the card was made by Harding & Billings.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- 138 mm (Width), 89 mm (Height)
Identification
- Candidate id
- mv-255239
- Museum object number
- SH 960508
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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