Historical information

The photo, by WTP of Ballarat, is of the corner of Sturt and Lydiard St from a postcard, 1908. Take from the Post office building looking towards the National Mutual Life building, and the Town Hall. There are numerous horse-drawn vehicles in the image along with an ESCo tram. See item 4774 for a black-and-white digital image of this card. The card has been used in a letter to a Mrs. D Low of Hillingworth near Newcastle from an Annie Gibson.

Significance

Yields information about the corner of Sturt and Lydiard St in 1907c,

Physical description

Postcard coloured, divided back with a handwritten letter on rear. Postmarked 2-9-1908

Inscriptions & markings

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