Historical information

Valentine's postcard titled "Swanston Street Melbourne", Number V8, looking south along Swanston St from the Town Hall portico. Two W2 class trams 441 (City route 64) and possibly 492 (City Route 4) are northbound. Signs for Town Hall Hotel, C Danman & Co, R C N Searby Health Centre, Fayrefield Hats, and Calder Jewellery store are in the view. The new Prince Henry's Hospital in St. Kilda Road is in view, completed in 1940.

Significance

Yields information about Swanston Street, during the early1940s

Physical description

Postcard - printed, unused, Valentine Series