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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: 'GREETINGS FROM MOTHER' BLACK AND WHITE LADY FACES

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Rotary Photographic Series

Overview

Landscape black and white postcard with the words 'Greetings from / Mother'. The word 'mother' is larger in thick white-outlined text which is filled with images of 27 women and 1 dog. 'Greetings from' is above in a banner with a floral motif. The text is surrounded by a black rectangle, with a thin white border around it. Small white text in the bottom reads '2071A' on the farr left and 'ROTARY PHOTO EC' in the right corner.

Reverse has a note handwritten in black cursive ink reading 'To Dear Lillie / With love from / Mother'.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2025.7

Item type

Material

Width

140 mm

Height or length

88 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Rotary Photographic Series

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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