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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: EMBOSSED PORTAIT OF MISS DORA BARTON

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1900 - 1950

Overview

Vertical ivory postcard with a three-dimensional embossed photographic portrait of 'MISS DORA BARTON'. Dora has her dark hair in an updo with a flower on the left side and is holding a boquet of flowers. She is wearing a cream/white dress with ruffled and embroidered sleeves. She is smilting with teeth and looking at the camera. The background has a grey gradient which gets lighter towards the top. In the bottom left corner of the image in very small white type reads: ' Copyright / Rapid Co.' Below the picutre appear the words: 'RAPID / PHOTO CO', 'MISS DORA BARTON.', 'LONDON EC / 3080'.

There is dark brown dotted staining spread across the entire surface.

On the reverse at the top in curved decorative font reads: 'BAS-RELIEF + PHOTO-CARD'.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2025.194

Item type

Material

Width

86 mm

Height or length

137 mm

Keywords

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Example of a postcard of the time

Last modified

Monday, 1 December, 2025

Completeness

83

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