Postcard, "Bourke St. Melbourne", c1900

Historical information

Colour postcard, No. 60717. of the view looking west from Swanston St along Bourke St. c1900 with two cable car sets in the view. Has the Leviathan store on the left, Town Hall, Robertson & Moffat and the Vander? Plugge? Hotel on the right. A Policeman is on duty and a man sweeping the roadway into a pan.

Significance

Yields information about the view along Bourke St from Swanston St,

Physical description

Postcard - colour with divided back, used with two Victorian 1/2d stamps on the rear.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten note and date stamp.

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