Historical information
Funeral of Dame Nellie Melba, photographed in 1931 passing along Whitehorse Road en route to the Lilydale Cemetery by Mrs Emma Atkinson, who with her husband, William James Atkinson, had a shop near the corner of Elgar Road. The hearse is followed by three ‘buckboards’ bearing floral tributes.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a line of cars, some carrying many flowers.