Postcard - Photograph

Historical information

This postcard was sent by Violet Bonner to her sister Margaret Bonner. The pair were daughters of Edwin Ralph Bonner and Eliza White. Violet was born in 1895 and Margaret in 1893, both in Ararat. Violet married William Messer in 1926. She died in Ballarat
in 1967.

Physical description

Sepia rectangular postcard featuring a photograph within an oval frame bordered by a decorative edge.

Inscriptions & markings

Obverse:
Snow scene / Ford Street /
Beechworth

Reverse:
To Mag, / Wishing her many happy returns of her 28th birthday. / From / You loving sister Violet Bonner / [in pen]
2670 / [in pencil]
beechworth 24/1/1913 [pencil]

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