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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARDS: SENSES OF LOVE SERIES - 'SIGHT / THE FIRST MEETING'

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Part of a series of 3 portrait postcards about the senses, as they relate to falling in love.

'SENSE OF SIGHT / THE FIRST MEETING' in small black text at the bottom centre. Portrait print in greenish black ink of a man (right) in a bowler hat gazing at a woman (left) in a panama hat. The woman is seated on a bench, looking at the chained bulldog sitting to her left. The man is wearing a grey trenchcoat, black torusers and dress shoes and is holding a book. The woman is wearing a long biege coat over a long black dress. She is wearing gloves and holding a white fan in her right hand. There are three other dogs and two women in hats in the background.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2025.8.1

Item type

Material

Width

132 mm

Height or length

89 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Printed by Harrison Fisher. Copyright Reinthal & Newman, NY

Keywords

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

Statement of significance

Example of postcards of the time.

Last modified

Tuesday, 15 July, 2025

Completeness

72

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