Three photographic postcards of women travelling by motorcycle, 1915-1918
Three photographic postcards of women travelling by motorcycle, 1915-1918
About this item
Full title
Date
1915-1918
Call Numbers
SPG/193
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
3 photographic postcards (1 folder) - 8.8 x 13.7 cm - black & white
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Woman in sidecar, Oatley, NSW, 1915. Kodak Austral postcard. Ink manuscript annotation, 'Oatley/ 24.5.l5' and to verso, 'To A.W. from H. G.'
2. Woman and child in sidecar, ca. 1915-ca. 1918. Australian 'Empire’ postcard, ink manuscript inscription to verso, from 'Your aff[ectionate] Bro & Sister/ Walter & Casper.'
3. Picnic with Motorcyc...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Three photographic postcards of women travelling by motorcycle, 1915-1918
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Ancanthe in 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
The motorcycle developed from the bicycle in about 1895-1901. It was smaller and cheaper than the smallest available cars but still gave people a taste for the open road with speeds and distances travelled greater than possible by horse or bicycle.
In the 1890s and early 1900s it was considered ‘unseemly’ for women to ride astride and so the sid...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SPG/193
Record Identifier
1l4288K1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4288K1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1009600
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