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Postcard, Murray Views, "Murray Views No. 29 Sturt Street, looking west Ballarat Vic", 1948

  • "Murray Views No. 29 Sturt Street, looking west Ballarat Vic" (acutally looking east)

    "Murray Views No. 29 Sturt Street, looking west Ballarat Vic" (acutally looking east)

  • "Murray Views No. 29 Sturt Street, looking west Ballarat Vic" (acutally looking east) - rear

    "Murray Views No. 29 Sturt Street, looking west Ballarat Vic" (acutally looking east) - rear

  • "Murray Views No. 29 Sturt Street, looking west Ballarat Vic" (acutally looking east)
  • "Murray Views No. 29 Sturt Street, looking west Ballarat Vic" (acutally looking east) - rear

Historical information

Photo shows the view looking east along Sturt Street from Harry's building, The card has been wrongly titled as looking west. Tram 32 is westbound to the Gardens. In the view are Lester House, Crockers, and Tunbridge's stores. On the rear Wal Jack in a note to Ken Magor of Newcastle has drawn in a diagram of the track arrangements, where the tram was. His notes are "Sturt St looking EAST, 1948. No. 32 painted the new colour scheme. Photo taken from Doveton St corner."
See item 5313 for a digital image of this postcard.

Significance

Yields information about the view from the SW Corner of Sturt St looking north east.

Physical description

Postcard black and white, plain back, with a handwritten note on rear.

Inscriptions & markings

See image 2 for details of the handwritten note by Wal Jack on the rear.

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