Ephemera - Invitation, Melbourne Swimming Club, c1949

Historical information

Invitation in the form of a typed letter from the General Secretary of the Melbourne Swimming Club,, L M (Les) Phillips to attend a picture night at Leonards Cafe Baths on Monday 29 August. The films shown included films of the 1948 London Olympics and other films of swimming and general interest. The year of the event is unspecified. It could have been 1949 or 1955. The Club was established in 1894 and is not the same as the present day competitive swimming club of that name.

Physical description

Quarto sized page of buff coloured paper, typed and written in black on one side

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten correction of typed venue of event, changed from Gymnasium Richmond to "Leonards Cafe" St Kilda

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