Katanning Road Board Camp

c. 1920
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Overview

A sepia photograph of a covered travelling wagon and two smaller open carts with two brown horses hitched to each cart. There are four work men in the photograph, one man is holding a white horse, one man is sitting in the doorway of the covered wagon and the other men are standing next to the cart on the right.

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Registration number
cwa-org-202-HSP2006.5a
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Material
Width
13.4000 cm
Height or length
8.2000 cm
Inscriptions and markings

On the front of the postcard in the bottom right hand corner is hand written in dark ink "Dad's Travelling Camp 1920s".

On the back of the photograph in the bottom right hand corner stamped in purple ink is "A. & J. COATE 21 South Coast Hwy. ALBANY W.A. 6330".

On the back of the photograph hand written in blue ink is "KATANNING ROAD BOARD TRAVELLING CAMP. IN DOORWAY - J.E.COATE (Country Supervisor) HOLDING HORSE - FRED COATE holding 'Topsy' MAN ON RIGHT - JACK SLATER - 1924.25 CENTRE MAN ? Third Left of Camp".

On the back of the postcard is printed in black lettering "Post Card" and then underneath in two columns "Correspondence Address Only", and in the top right hand corner a square with the words "Kodak" at the top and bottom and the words "Austral" on the sides. This square marks the position to put a stamp. In the centre of this square hand written in blue ink is "No 3".

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Katanning Road Board Camp
Katanning Road Board Camp
Back of Postcard of Katanning Road Board Camp
Back of Postcard of Katanning Road Board Camp

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