Emily Power postcard album, ca. 1910-1920
Emily Power postcard album, ca. 1910-1920
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1910-1920
Call Numbers
PXE 1640
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs and Ephemera
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (approximately 335 postcards) - 40 x 21.5 cm
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Arranged by Emily Power
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Approximately 335 postcards received or collected by Emily Power, chiefly of views in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and some from overseas comprising:
Monaro region, N.S.W. including Murrumbidgee River; arrival of Sir Henry Rawson in Cooma; R.C. Presbytery, Cooma; Cooma Post Office; Cooma Showground; Adaminaby
Snowy Mountain regio...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Emily Power postcard album, ca. 1910-1920
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inside front cover has inscription: 'Em[?] Power, 11.1.1911'
First page of album has inscription: 'Emily Power, 10/1/1907'
Conservation note
Front cover has separated from album.
Published information
Publishers of postcards include Mrs T. Thomas; C. Young; R.Y. Courlay; Kerry & Co; T.D. Stewart; G. Speich; W.C. Penfold & Co.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Elizabeth Paouris, July 2014
Administrative / Biographical history
Emily Power was born in Murrumbucca, New South Wales in 1885 to parents Emily Power and James Power. They were one of the pioneering families in the Adaminaby Monaro district. Her father James Power died when she was 12 years in 1898 as a result of waggonette accident at Caddigat after which her mother Emily Power and the children (James Thomas 187...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1640
Record Identifier
9gkdgb49
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdgb49
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1213830
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