St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Program, St Kilda Beach Carnival 1926, 1926
... boat races, lifesaving demonstrations, displays, music and dancing. The program contains extensive advertising from local businesses. St Kilda carnivals WWI fund-raising St Kilda Memorial Hall St Kilda cenotaph St Kilda Beach Booklet made of 5 sheets of white paper, discoloured with age, folded, stapled and printed in blue and black St Kilda Beach Carnival 1926 Ephemera Program ...
Program of a 5-day festival held 27/2/1926 - 6/3/1926 to raise funds for the Bush Fire Relief Fund, Soldiers' Memorial Hall, St Vincent's Hospital and the Catani Memorial (St Kilda cenotaph). The carnival began with a procession from what is now St Kilda Junction, down Fitzroy Street to Luna Park and the Lower Esplanade. Events included novelty races and contests including pillow-fighting, a paddling race where contestants had to balance on kerosene tins, a cigarette race where competitors raced with lighted cigarettes, and many other contests at the beach. There were also swimming events, boat races, lifesaving demonstrations, displays, music and dancing. The program contains extensive advertising from local businesses.Booklet made of 5 sheets of white paper, discoloured with age, folded, stapled and printed in blue and blackst kilda carnivals, wwi fund-raising, st kilda memorial hall, st kilda cenotaph, st kilda beach