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Postcard - Rose Series No. P 1787, of Lydiard St North, Rose Stereograph Co, c1930

  • A black and white, eye-level, wide shot depicts a street scene in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The perspective is down Lydiard Street, with grand Victorian-era buildings lining both sides of the street. On the left, a building has a sign that reads "GARAGE." Several vintage automobiles are parked on the street. In the distance, a tram car is visible. Intricate street lamps and overhead wires crisscross the sky, indicating early 20th-century urban infrastructure. The image is a historical postcard, as indicated by the text at the bottom.

    Rose Series postcard No. P 1787, of Lydiard St North

  • Rear of postcard with a note

    Rear of postcard with a note

  • A black and white, eye-level, wide shot depicts a street scene in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The perspective is down Lydiard Street, with grand Victorian-era buildings lining both sides of the street. On the left, a building has a sign that reads "GARAGE." Several vintage automobiles are parked on the street. In the distance, a tram car is visible. Intricate street lamps and overhead wires crisscross the sky, indicating early 20th-century urban infrastructure. The image is a historical postcard, as indicated by the text at the bottom.

    Rose Series postcard No. P 1787, of Lydiard St North

  • A black and white, eye-level, wide shot depicts a street scene in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The perspective is down Lydiard Street, with grand Victorian-era buildings lining both sides of the street. On the left, a building has a sign that reads "GARAGE." Several vintage automobiles are parked on the street. In the distance, a tram car is visible. Intricate street lamps and overhead wires crisscross the sky, indicating early 20th-century urban infrastructure. The image is a historical postcard, as indicated by the text at the bottom.
  • Rear of postcard with a note
  • A black and white, eye-level, wide shot depicts a street scene in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The perspective is down Lydiard Street, with grand Victorian-era buildings lining both sides of the street. On the left, a building has a sign that reads "GARAGE." Several vintage automobiles are parked on the street. In the distance, a tram car is visible. Intricate street lamps and overhead wires crisscross the sky, indicating early 20th-century urban infrastructure. The image is a historical postcard, as indicated by the text at the bottom.

Historical information

Rose Series postcard No. P 1787, of Lydiard St North looking south from near Mair St. shows the centre poles prior to their removal. A number of motor cars are parked in the street, a dog on the right hand side, and ESCo tram has just rounded the corner and about to climb the small hill.
Published by Rose Stereograph Co., Armadale Victoria.
For rear of postcard - see image i2.

Significance

Yields information the appearance of Lydiard St north, centre poles and buildings.

Physical description

Digital image of a postcard from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album.

Inscriptions & markings

in pencil on rear "Old type of electric tram"

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