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Postcard - View Folder, National View by Murfett Publishing, 'Melbourne", c1980

  • Scenic view of the Melbourne skyline and Yarra River with a bridge in the foreground and a park with flowers.

    Folder cover

  • Four postcard images arranged vertically, showing urban and natural scenes: an empty road with yellow lines, a cityscape with a fountain and trees, a busy street lined with buildings and cars, a wide river with buildings on the far bank, and a bridge in front of a building complex.

    Folder part 2

  • A vintage postcard folder for "Melbourne City" in Australia, featuring images of a tree-lined street with a tram, a modern hotel with a bridge, and the dome of a historic building. Text includes the title "Melbourne City" and a section titled "The Visitor."

    Folder part 3

  • Four vertically arranged images: top is a grand, ornate train station with a dome and classical architecture; second is a manicured park with a small building and trees; third is a busy city street at night with neon signs and traffic; bottom is an aerial view of a city with a wide river and trees, a train track running through the foreground.

    Folder part 3

  • A vertical collage of three panoramic cityscape images. The top image shows a city skyline at dusk with blue and purple hues. The middle image depicts a city skyline illuminated by warm, fiery orange and red lights, reflecting on water. The bottom image features a dark, snow-covered road leading towards a dimly lit city in the distance under a blue night sky.

    Folder part 2

  • Scenic view of the Melbourne skyline and Yarra River with a bridge in the foreground and a park with flowers.
  • Four postcard images arranged vertically, showing urban and natural scenes: an empty road with yellow lines, a cityscape with a fountain and trees, a busy street lined with buildings and cars, a wide river with buildings on the far bank, and a bridge in front of a building complex.
  • A vintage postcard folder for "Melbourne City" in Australia, featuring images of a tree-lined street with a tram, a modern hotel with a bridge, and the dome of a historic building. Text includes the title "Melbourne City" and a section titled "The Visitor."
  • Four vertically arranged images: top is a grand, ornate train station with a dome and classical architecture; second is a manicured park with a small building and trees; third is a busy city street at night with neon signs and traffic; bottom is an aerial view of a city with a wide river and trees, a train track running through the foreground.
  • A vertical collage of three panoramic cityscape images. The top image shows a city skyline at dusk with blue and purple hues. The middle image depicts a city skyline illuminated by warm, fiery orange and red lights, reflecting on water. The bottom image features a dark, snow-covered road leading towards a dimly lit city in the distance under a blue night sky.

Historical information

Postcard folder published by National View, Murfett Pty Ltd, featuring:
Cover - Yarra River and the CBD skyline
1 - Collins St and W2 tram 408
2 - Princes Gate and City Skyline with trams on the bridge and at Batman Ave
3 - Flinders St Station with a W2 in Flinders St
4 - Captain's Cook Cottage
5 - Bourke St looking east at Sunset - one tram in the foreground
6 - Princes Bridge and South Gate Fountain with a tram on the bridge
Reverse side
1 - Melbourne Skyline and Yarra River at night
2 - St Kilda Road Melbourne with W2 and other trams and the Shrine of Remembrance in the background.
3 - Melbourne skyline from Princes Gate Fountain
4 - Bourke Street at twilight
5 - Melbourne Skyline and Yarra River
6 - Princes Bridge

Significance

Yields information Melbourne through various postcard views and demonstrates a folder by Murfett Pty Ltd.

Physical description

Postcard folder - full colour - 7 photos or spaces vertically both sides - unused.

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