WW1 October 12, 1915 Miss Edith Cavell, British Nurse Killed in Belgium by a German Firing Squad Propaganda PostcardWW1 1915 Postcard Propaganda British forces Death by Firing Squad of Miss Edith CavellWW1 Propaganda postcard depicting the death of Miss Edith Cavell a British Nurse nursing in Belgium. Sepia coloured card mainly grey and white in colouring. Thin Cardboard type. Depicts a picture of the nurse (Edith Cavell) lying prostate after being killed by a German Firing Squad.Miss Edith Cavell murdered October 12th 1915, and in large capitals emphasizing the word MURDERED. ww1 postcard, miss edith cavell british nurse, killed by german firiing squad october 12, 1915

THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM CREEK PARADE GOVERNMENT BRIDGE CRESWICK ROAD AND BUTTER FACTORY BRIDGE ACROSS TULLAROOP CREEK. GASWORKS..1 ORIGINAL SEPIA LANDSCAPE OF CLUNES MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD. GOVERNMENT AND JUBILEE BRIDGES ACROSS CRESWICK CREEK. GASWORKS NEARBY. .2 BLACK AND WHITE COPY OF THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPH PRINTED ON GLOSS PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER .3 HAND COLOURED POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPH .4 TWO POSTCARDS WITH SAME PICTURE .5 FOUR SMALL PHOTOGRAPH COPIES WITH SAME PICTURE.1 ON BACK OF PHOTOGRAPH GASWORKS, BRIDGES AND CREEK. 1900 .3 ON FRONT OF POSTCARD GOV. BRIDGE CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, bridges and buildings

Historic picture of the Curdies River, with reference to the farm known as The Lodge. the Lodge is also the name given to the good fishing spot on the banks of the Curdies which is accessed by a track through farmland.Historic and social significancePostcards depicting the Curdies River at The Lodge.Hand written letter on the back "To Cora, from Auntie May"james irivine, the lodge farm, curdies river - view, curdies river peterborough, curdies river, vintage postcards

Historic picture of the Peterborough Hotel and the bridgeHistoric significancePost card from a fold out Postcard. Double sided picture of The Peterborough Hotel and the Peterborough Bridgepeterborough hotel, curdies river -bridge, peterborough, irvine family, peterborough bridge, historic hotel, postcards, vintage postcards

Pleasant Creek Hospital with garden nurses standing in garden and at top of steps. Built 1861B/W photgraph of a brick building with wings either side, pine tree on the right. surrounding the picture is a fdrawn wooden frame.Front, Lower Left: Stawell Hospital On reverse: Post Card. This Space used for communication. Address Only On the Left Side: Semco Series. Box 545 G.P.O. Melbourne ( Turn 90 Degrees Clockwise to read)stawell

Lower Main Street looking East from Railway gates. Shows four horse drawn vehicles. The photo was taken from the railway gates towards the main shopping area. The Presbyterian spire can be seen in the back ground. c1905.Sepia Postcard of a street scene the roadway is central in picture featuring 4 horse drawn vehicles. Street is tree lined with picket fence on right side of photograph. 0007a taken opposite the Diamond house looking down Seaby St. toward the railway crossing.Lower Main Street Stawell No 10. is inscribed on the front and The "Merle Studio" Main Street, Stawell on the back.stawell shops business streetscape building transport

This publication was published as part of a community project coordinated by C.H.A.R.M in collaboration with the community, the Immigration Museum and proudly supported by the Scanlon Foundation and the Victorian Multicultural Commission. It was produced after much time and effort had been spent researching and collating information about people who migrated to Australia from the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues. particularly those in Victoria. Publication with faces of people from the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues and sunset picture on the coverImmigration Museum Project - Sponsored by the Victorian Multicultural Commission and C.H.A.R.M. Vic.beyond the postcard image, community project, mauritians and rodriguans in victoria

Article on comic postcards held in State LibraryArticle on comic postcardsjones, shirley, state library of victoria, postcards

These type of cigarette silks were included in WD & HO Wills cigarette packets to induce women in particular to take up smoking.|The Word 'Cartophilic?|It is believed that this unusual word was coined in the 1920s by Col. Bagnall, an Englishman, who was the father of the hobby of cigarette card and trade card collecting. It is thought to be a combination of a Latin word, 'carto' meaning 'card and the Greek word 'philic', meaning 'love'.- lover of cards. The term originally related to the collection of the two types mentioned, however, our Society has included postcards in the range of items collected by our members.|The Cigarette Card|The cigarette card began its evolution in the United States of America, in the early 1880s as a plain piece of cardboard used by tobacconists to protect the cigarettes which were sold in that era, not in packets, but loosely. A purchaser would buy his cigarettes then wrap them in paper around the small piece of cardboard, which acted as a stiffener. In fact, for many decades, cigarette cards were known as 'stiffeners' in the USA.|The card depicting 'The Marquis of Lome' is reputed to be the first known cigarette card issued. This is thought to have been in 1879. It did not take long for an enterprising entrepreneur to recognise the advertising potential of the cigarette card, and, very soon, the cards began displaying popular images, often in sets. This had the effect of youngsters, wishing to complete their sets, harassing their fathers to buy a specific brand of cigarettes. The kids who collected cards in the days when they were being issued in the cigarette packets, would hang around outside the local tobacconist's shop, pestering the men who had just bought a packet of cigarette, with the cry: 'can I have the cig can mister?'|It is a proven fact that, here in Australia during the 1930s, at least one set had one card deliberately withheld and issued very sparingly. This card is No. 86 (Mrs Jack Crawford) in the Carreras 'Turf Personality Series'. Thus, in a set of reasonably easy cards to get, this one card is a constant source of frustration for the collector, and as such, commands a premium when it comes to price. It is not hard to imagine the young collector nagging his to Dad to keep buying 'Turf' cigarettes to enable him to finish the set.|From small beginnings the cigarette card soon gave rise to a booming industry in itself. Artists and writers were|employed to produce the cards, which were miniature works of art and served as little encyclopaedia's for the children of the day. By the 1930s cards were being issued in the countless millions. It has been stated, in one book on the history of cards; that 450 million sets of a series produced and issued by the prolific issuer of cards in the United Kingdom, WD & HO Wills. As each set contained 50 cards you would need a calculator with a very long result window to see the answer to how many cards of that series were in circulation.|Australia's involvement would appear to have its beginnings with the English and American firms who shipped their tobacco products here and the cards of American Tobacco Company (ATC) are found in great numbers in early Australian collections; many featuring Australian subjects, e.g. 'Australian Parliament a 1901 issue. Earlier U.S. sets depicting Australians included Goodwin & Co's, so called. 'Australian Series' with cricketers and Australian Rules footballers who were on the sporting scene during the 1880s. The caption of one of theses cards reads:|'W.Hannysee. Captain Port Melbourne Football Club' which enables us to pinpoint the year of issue to either 1889 or 1890.|On the Australian scene the first local manufacturer who issued cards seems to have been The National Cigarette Company of Australia Proprietary Limited, whose 'Tally Ho' packets contained cards from a series of thirteen featuring the touring 'English Cricket Team 1897-8' Of the few Australian manufacturers who issued cards, only two companies issued more the two sets.|Undoubtedly the cards issued by the Melbourne firm Sniders & Abrahams (later Sniders & Abrahams Pty Ltd) are the 'jewels in the crown' of Australian card issues. They issued some thirty-three series, with numerous sub-series and allied issues such as metal badges, metal football shields, celluloid flags etc., which ensured that the hobbyist had a vast range from which to collect. Sporting themes – football, cricket, horse racing – dominate, indicating the Australians' love of sport and the outdoors was as strong in those earlier times as it is today. Military, animals and birds themes were also to the fore, with a touch of culture being provided by 'Shakespeare', 'Dickens', actresses and even classical 'Statuary'. Humour was not forgotten with 'Cartoons and Caricatures', 'Naval and Cricket (double meaning) Terms' and the 'Jokes' series. Art and history were covered by the artist, S.T. Gill's 'Views of Victoria in 1857' while the stereoscopic 'Views of the World' expanded the collectors' knowledge of the world as a whole.|The Sniders & Abrahams series began in 1904 and by 1919 the company was in decline and was eventually taken over by G.G. Goode & Co. Ltd. This company produced one set only, the highly collectable 'Prominent Cricketer Series' issued in 1924. During the early to mid-1920s, J.J. Schuh Tobacco Pty Ltd issued eight series, again containing the popular subjects of sport and war. At least two provincial tobacconists, Lentens of Bendigo and Baillies of Warrnambool, issued private football series. The last series of cards issued by a truly Australian firm was Dudgeon & Arnell's '1934 Australian Cricket Team'.|The Australian market was not neglected by the English companies with WD & HO Wills, Godfrey Phillips and Ogdens all making their contributions. By far the most active issuer was the long-established company Wills, whose 'Cricketers' of 1901 heralded the flood of Australian series, which continued into the mid-thirties.|The onset of the 1939-45 World War sounded the death knell of the cigarette card and very few post-war issues were made, certainly not here in Australia.|The Trade Card|The Trade Card is a non-tobacco item used by manufacturers to promote and advertise their products, in the same way that cigarette cards were. It is uncertain exactly when they were first produced, but in the USA, non-collectable cards were issued by firms in the early 1800s. These were more akin to a latter day 'business card'. It was not until the 1850s, when coloured and pictorial cards were issued to advertise and promote products that the Trade Card|became a collectable item. Many beautiful lithographic cards were produced in this early era and they are very mu sought after by collectors. By the 1870s the issues of Trade Cards became more prolific and it is from this era that more cards are seen.|Again, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact date of the first Australian Trade Card and it may be that the highly collectable and extremely rare 'American Candy Co's' - 'Pure Caramels' Australian Rules football card, issued i 1891, is the earliest series. This confectionery firm was located in Fitzroy, a Melbourne suburb. To date only two subjects have been seen.|Another early set was 'Flags', issued by F.H.Fauldings & Co. It featured testimonials of seven English cricketers who toured Australia with the 1894/5 Test team. Fauldings was an Adelaide based firm which manufactured medicinal toiletries, soaps and oils, using the distinctly Australian eucalyptus oil. During the 20th century a multitude of Australian businesses issued trade cards, with confectionery manufacturers such as Hoadleys, Allens, Sweetacres and Australian Licorice producing the majority of them. Again sporting themes dominated with the ever popular Aussie Rules football cards being the most numerous. Cricket issues ran a close second.|Apart from sporting cards, almost every subject imaginable was covered by the Trade Card, making it the most diverse and interesting branch of cartophilly. In contrast to the Cigarette Card, which had its demise prior to the Second World War, the Trade Card is still alive and well.|We all are aware of the long running 'Birds of Australasia' series put out by Tuck-fields Tea and 1 doubt if there is a kitchen drawer in Australia that has not got one or two of these informative and attractive cards floating about in it. These cards were first produced in the early 1960s and are still being inserted in that company's packets of tea. Such is also the case with Sanitarium Health Foods, manufacturers of the well known Weetbix, who began issuing cards, with a wide range of subjects, in the early 1940s and continue to do so.|The 1940s and 1950s saw the two breakfast food giants, Kornies and Weeties dominating the card scene. Kornies footballers were in production fora decade from 1948 to 1959. Four years later in 1963, we saw the start of four decades of Scanlens bubble-gum card issues, both football and cricket. In the mid 1990s, with the end of the Scanlens/Stimorol cards, the Trading Card came on the scene. These cards do not fit under the umbrella of the Trade Card, having been produced and marketed purely as a 'collectable' with no connection whatsoever to any product, which of course is necessary for an item to be classified as a Trade Card.|The earliest British postcard was issued in 1870 and was designed to send short messages; the stamp was printed on the card, therefore it did not require an envelope. It was considered by many to be lowering the postal standards because the texts were no longer private. However the cards were a great success as on the first day of issue in 1870, half a million passed through the London postal centre.|The first illustrated postcards are said to be those introduced by a French stationer in 1870. He realized that French troops fighting in the Franco-Prussian War needed to be able to send short messages to their families and designed a 'postcard' to suit the purpose. As many of the soldiers were illiterate they decorated their cards with sketches of their many activities at the front rather than writing; thus creating a picture postcard. Private enterprise soon saw the great financial possibilities of this new easy and attractive way of communication by post; also sending a postcard cost less than postage for letters. It was correctly assumed that postcards were likely to overtake letter writing in many instances.|Between 1875 and 1882 every state in Australia introduced official postcards, N.S.W. first and Tasmania last. Each state produced a simple type of postcard with a pre printed stamp allied to that state. The stamp side stated 'The Address Only To Be Written On This Side'; the reverse side sometimes carried a simple illustration or decoration with space fora short message, each state extolling their own state's virtues. In 1901, with the advent of Federation, the new Government became responsible for all postal services in Australia and produced postcards for sale in every state. With several mail deliveries each day in most towns, postcards were used for many purposes. One 1906 postcard, with an illustration of fruit, was sent from Mrs X in the morning to her greengrocer ordering her fruit and vegetables to be delivered that afternoon. Another lady asks her charlady to 'come this afternoon'.|Australian private enterprise also began selling pictorial postcards, most companies using the very experienced German printing works who were the worlds best in the field of lithography and fine detailed colour-printing. Many of these beautiful German cards still exist today, 100 years later. Australia did have a few fine printers but they were in the minority. Black and white postcards printed in Australia in the early 1900s were often of good quality e.g. postcards printed by 'The Bulletin', illustrating the works of 'The Bulletins' top artists.|Between c1903-09 The Melbourne company Osboldstone and Atkins etc. printed coloured reproductions of 46 J.A. Turner bush/rural life paintings, which were generally of good quality and became hugely popular and still sought after today. Like thousands of homes in Europe, Britain and U.S.A., many Australia homes had albums of cherished postcards, which were given pride of place for visitors to see and enjoy.|Postcard collecting remained popular but was changing with the times. About 1912 the Australian photographer George Rose of Melbourne began to produce topographical B/W real photographic postcards covering most of Australia and other photographers began to do likewise. These cards soon found their way into collections as well.|WWI and the horrors of war suddenly changed the world; postcards were still in great demand but the subject matter was far more serious. Thousands of postcards from the trenches in European war zones arrived in Australia to be included in family albums. Propaganda and recruitment messages were produced to encourage enlistment. Australian postcard producers began to create cards decorated with gum leaves, boomerangs, wattle etc., which were designed for sending to Australian troops serving overseas. Very few 'pretty' cards were available, as access to the Gentian printing works was no longer possible and exporting of postcards from Britain was very limited. By the end of WWI people had other more serious problems to contend with and the avid postcard collecting hobby declined, fold greetings took over and topographical photographic postcards became a small but steady income for the producers and newsagents etc. in every town.|Fortunately many of these old postcards still exist and are avidly collected by a new generation or postcard collectors. The Australian Cartophilic Society Inc. is one of four postcard/cigarette card organizations in Australia. They are, N.S.W. Post Card Collectors Society; Queensland Card Collectors' Society Inc. and West Australian Card Collectors|Society, and across the Tasman there is a New Zealand Postcard Society.|References:|Picture Postcards of the Golden Age A Collector's Guide by Toni & Valmai Holt. Picture Postcards in Australia 1898 - 1920 by David CookBox of Cigarette Silks ( 10 ) depicting animal motifs, which were placed in cigarette packets as an incentive for women in particular to smoke.|WD & HO Wills|Produced 1911 - 1917personal effects, smoking accessories, recreations, collections

Sepia postcard entitled 'The Crescent, Blackburn'.ow Gordon Crescent, Blackburn. Picture shows Victorian and Edwardian homes.|Probably these homes were part of the land boom of the 1890s.hooke, janet emily, albert arthur, the crescent, blackburn, gordon crescent

Postcard commemorating Empire Day 1907. Blackburn State School No 2923. Picture of Edward vi and Queen Alexandria.Dear Evelyn .......... E.Bayleydocuments, cards

Margaret Winfred Tarrant, (1888 - 1959) was born in Battersea and was a prolific English illustrator that created posters, greeting cards, calenders, postcards and books for fifty years. She was most popular during the 1920's and 1930's for her romantic depiction of children, fairies and animals.A picture (print) of a painting by Margaret Tarrant of six children .-gathering wheat. - in wooden frame.illustrations, prints

Margaret Winfred Tarrant, (1888 - 1959) was born in Battersea and was a prolific English illustrator that created posters, greeting cards, calenders, postcards and books for fifty years. She was most popular during the 1920's and 1930's for her romantic depiction of children, fairies and animals.A picture (print) of a painting by Margaret Tarrant of six children playing.- in wooden frame. See Supplementary File for NA248.illustrations, prints

Picture of a stone statue of St Eloi or Eligius. The statue was found in 1794 while demolishing Rutherglen (Scotland) Church.Colour postcard of St Eloi, patron Saint of hammer-men. Part of a set of information on Rutherglen, Scotlandrutherglen scotland, st eloi, eligius

Black and white postcard with two oval photographs with "Greetings from Rutherglen" on a banner between them. The top photograph is a view of a riverbank with a man seated on the bank fishing and smoking a pipe. The bottom one is a picture of the Post Office in Main Street.At bottom of top photograph: "The Murray River." At bottom of bottom photograph: "Post Office." Message on back of card: "To Mr Barber with every Good Wish for a merry xmas and the Happiest of New Years. From your old friends Sam & Nellie Williams. 23/12/13."murray river, rutherglen post office, christmas greetings, sam williams, nellie williams

Postcard written by Private Frederick Corkish, service number 46656, who served in the 19th Kings Liverpool Regiment in the British Army during WWI He was from Ramsey, Isle of Man. He was taken Prisoner of War in Germany in 1918.German post card with handwritten note in English. No picture.Front: "Pte F Corkish / 46656 / 19th Kings Lpool Regt / Gefangenen Lager / Guben / Brandenburg / Germany ... Miss M Corkish / Heath Bank / Kersal / Manchester / England" Back: "Sept 1st 1918 / Dear sister. Just these few lines hoping they find you in the best of health the same as it leaves me at present. I wrote too cards and a letter to mother so I expect she has told you how I am getting on. Well may I expect yourself and Annie are still to-gether if so tell her I was asking for her. Have you been home for a sight since I have been a prisoner of war. I bet things are quiet over in Ramsey now. Dear sister I think this is all I hae got to say this time so I will now close with best of love from your brother Fred / xxxxx"corkish, isle of man, prisoner of war, pow, brandenburg

This postcard shows Victoria Street. Pictured is L. (Bub) Jenkins author of 'The Golden Chain'. The two business in the photo are F. Allen Caterer and C.Clark National Hotel.victoria street, sebastopol, streetscape, buildings, commerical, l. (bub) jenkins, f. allen caterer, national hotel

The statues pictured are the William Wallace and Baccante. ballarat botanic gardens, garden, public, statues

Picture Framer, Pagerhanger and Decorator. Plate 275 Chuck Photo Series.w. hamer, sturt street, commerical, shop, persons, costume

Decorator, Paperhanger and Picture Framer. Plate 281 Chuck Photo Series.h. peake, sturt street, building, persons, costume

Small format black and white postcard of Esplanade, Lakes Entrance, looking west showing buildings from picture theatre westward. Motor car on roadway. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Esplanade, Lakes Entrance (on reverse)township, waterfront, memorials, jetties

Oval shaped picture. Also other copies, oval shaped 12.5 x 17.5 cm and 17.5 x 25 cm. Also two black and white prints 9 x 13 cm.Sepia postcard in cameo image, showing early view of eastern pier at the entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean - Bass Strait, at Lakes Entrance, Victoria. Photo shows work shed and crane at end of wooden eastern pier, SS Wyralla at sea.Lakes Entrance, Gippsland Lakesjetties, machinery, ocean, waterways

The township of Sassafras taken late 1940s. The man in the foreground in the trilby, carrying the rucksack is a Rose Series employee. He appears in many of the photos. Sassafras House can be seen in the centre of the picture.Black and white copy of a Rose Series postcard P. 145 showing two men stnding at the side of the road . Behind them is the early township of Sassafras.sassafras