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Photograph - cigarette card & copy, Westminister Tobacco Co, "St Kilda Road, Melbourne", c1930

  • Aerial view of a wide, tree-lined boulevard with heavy traffic, leading towards a cityscape of buildings under a hazy sky, with the text "ST. KILDA ROAD. MELBOURNE" in the foreground.

    "St Kilda Road, Melbourne"

  • Vintage swap or cigarette card advertising "Australia First Series of 36" with "No. 1. St. Kilda Road, Melbourne." text, indicating it's issued by Westminster Tobacco Co. Ltd., London.

    Cigarette card rear with caption

  • Aerial view of a wide, tree-lined boulevard with heavy traffic, leading towards a cityscape of buildings under a hazy sky, with the text "ST. KILDA ROAD. MELBOURNE" in the foreground.
  • Vintage swap or cigarette card advertising "Australia First Series of 36" with "No. 1. St. Kilda Road, Melbourne." text, indicating it's issued by Westminster Tobacco Co. Ltd., London.

Historical information

Copy Photograph and cigarette card from a Westminster Tobacco Co London of St Kilda Road of their Australia First Series No. 1. Photo taken from the spire of St Pauls Cathedral looking south along St Kilda Road. Has a sign for Green Mill in the view.

Significance

Yields information about the use of printed cigarette cards and St Kilda Road.

Physical description

Photograph, black and white with a plain back and a cigarette card

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