Photograph, W. Harrison Lee, Photographer and Postcard Publisher, Wonthaggi, Vic, Min and Bob Mitchell with Charles Roberts and Ford motor car, 1918

Physical description

Postcard - black and white photograph of Min and Bob Mitchell, who are sitting in a Ford motor car. Charles Roberts, wearing grocer's apron, is standing next to the car, with one foot on its running board. The car is parked in Sussex Street, Linton. The Linton fire station can just be glimpsed on the left side of the photograph.

A horse-drawn cart, with a man sitting in it and another man at the side of it, is in the background.

A message from an unidentified writer is on the back of the card, it is dated 1918.

Handwritten information identifying the subjects and location of the photograph is on a white label which appears to have once been attached to the postcard.

Inscriptions & markings

On the back of the card, from unidentified writer: "Wonthaggi / 30/10/18" / "Dear Chas, Many times I have intended to drop you a line but as per usual did not - we had a find trip right through & have often thought of you & mentioned our meeting you to old pals - hope you are O.K. - we are "in the pink" ".

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