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Katanning Post & Telegraph Office

c. 1905
Subcollections
Buildings
Government
Overview

A sepia photograph of a double gabled brick and tin roof building. At the front sides of the building are wooden picket fences and on the right hand side there is a small wooden shed with a tin roof. Either side of the open doorway are two men and either side of them are two younger men on bicycles. Between the roof gables is a sign which reads "POST & TELEGRAPH".

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-202-HSP1987.198
Item type
Postcards
Material
Card
Photographic Paper
Width
13.9000 cm
Height or length
8.7000 cm
Inscriptions and markings

On the front of the postcard in white typed lettering is " Post Office, Katanning".

On the back of the postcard printed in black lettering is "POST CARD" and underneath this line are two columns with a heading for the right hand column of "ADDRESS ONLY" and in the top right hand corner a square with the words "AFFIX STAMP" in the square. On the left vertical side of the postcard in black lettering is "Printed in Saxony".

On the back of the postcard stamped in purple ink is "W.A. HISTORICAL SOCIETY KATANNING BRANCH", this label is stamped twice.

Year
c. 1905
Statement of significance

Note: The small shed at the front is a Telephone Box.

Copyright category
Date of creation +70 years
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Katanning Post & Telegraph Office
Katanning Post & Telegraph Office
Back of postcard of Katanning Post & Telegraph Office
Back of postcard of Katanning Post & Telegraph Office

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