Not a reproduction, this is a genuine 1960's scenic postcard pack of the Hobart Tasmania area
Amazing old colourised photographs of notable points of interest in the Hobart area.
This is NOT a reproduction of an original postcard pack but the real deal, around 60 years old!
A Souvenir Of The City Of Hobart And Environs Australia
Published and printed by John Sands Pty Ltd - Sydney (S901-18)
Colour photography is credited to Capt. Frank Hurley
Monochrome photography is not credited
Release date unknown but likely to have been in the very early 1960's
Scenic postcard pack (16 scenes)
Drop down postcards, 8x colour and on the reverse of the postcard there are 8x monochrome photographs
Each photograph is labelled at the bottom and scenes depicted are:
The Salmon Ponds Near New Norfolk
Sleepy Bay Freycinet Peninsula
Historic Ruins Port Arthur
Victoria Dock
The Derwent River New Norfolk
Fishing Vessels
Hobart From Bellerive
Franklin Square
Lower Cascade Russell Falls
Eagle Hawk Neck
Ruins Of Port Arthur
Cape Raoul
St. David's Cathedral Hobart
The Huon River
St. David's Park
Pontoon Bridge Hobart
Points of interest, in the foreground of the Victoria Docks scene is a boat, Minnamurra. This vessel was mentioned in The Examiner 3rd November 1947
"New Fishing Boat A 50ft. fishing boat, built by Mlr. J. Jones for Messrs. K. and N. Parker, was launched at Triabunna on Saturday afternoon. The boat, which is the third launched by the Parker Bros., was christened the Minnamurra, meaning "plenty of fish." It will be used mainly for crayfishing and will be powered by a 34 h.p. diesel engine."
The Pontoon bridge was of unique design and construction, a floating bridge with a lift span and it traversed the Derwent River East to West shores, opened in 1943 and closed in 1964, being replaced by the Tasman Bridge which opened in 1964.
This postcard pack is more "sterile" than the others I have listed i.e no motor vehicles nor people are in the scenes photographed.
CONDITION:
Clean throughout
All seams/folds are sound with no splitting
There is the original retail pricing marked in pencil, (1/6) front top left corner - otherwise, no writing.
All photographs are clean although the colouring is a bit odd looking, predominantly blue/green/brown and shades of. Not sure if this was due to the photography of the day or limitations in printing technology.
Today I have sealed this postcard pack in plastic to preserve the current condition and now it has been put away in a dark place to reduce any light fade.
