POSTCARD, 'GREETINGS FROM SUBIACO, ROKEBY ROAD NO. 2, W.A.'

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c. 1910

Subcollections

Overview

Blue and white postcard from the 'Greetings from Subiaco' series, featuring a view of the Rokeby Road streetscape, looking north from Tighe's Building, a two story shop on the corner of Rokeby and Barker Roads.

The image features people walking along the footpath and on the road, as well as horses and a tram heading towards King's Park. In the distance the Subiaco Hotel's tower can just be seen.

Reverse is blank except for typical postcard markings, with an area for a stamp, for correspondence and an address.

Historical information

Given to donor by her mother, Eunice Slater.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2002.10

Item type

Documents

Themes

Environment
People
Photography
Social History

Material

Card

Width

88 mm

Height or length

130 mm

Contextual Information

This postcard is significant as part of the 'Greetings from Subiaco' postcard series, and for recording details of the Rokeby Road streetscape, near Barker Road, at this time.

Keywords

Greetings From Subiaco Postcard Series

Collections WA

Barker Road, Subiaco

Rokeby Road [131], Subiaco

Trams/Tramway

Year

c. 1910

Statement of significance

This postcard is significant as part of the 'Greetings from Subiaco' postcard series, and for recording details of the Rokeby Road streetscape, near Barker Road, at this time.

Aesthetic: Historic: Social: Representativeness: Rarity: Provenance: Interpretive: Condition:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Geotag

-31.948355294789, 115.82393944606

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