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Melbourne Town Hall and an image of the Exhibition Building, postcard celebrating Great White Fleet. 7 postcards

Melbourne Town Hall and an image of the Exhibition Building, postcard celebrating Great White Fleet. 7 postcards

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Melbourne Town Hall and an image of the Exhibition Building, postcard celebrating Great White Fleet. 7 postcards

by Pater, W. T

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Melbourne: Pater, 1908. Very good overall. A handsome color postcard produced to celebrate the Great White Fleet's visit to Melbourne in 1908. With an image of Melbourne Town Hall, decorated with the flags & crests of Australia and the US, with decorative surrounds and wattle design. On the verso, the initials WTP inside a floral diamond, the trademark of WT Pater, printers and stationers. [with] 6 other cards issued at the same time.

W. T. Pater & Co. was a Melbourne company that published postcards in the early 1900s. William Thompson Pater was born in Melbourne in 1861. Pater's business was established at 271 Little Collins Street as a general printer and stationer which offered Christmas cards, booklets, calendars, and leather goods as well as postcards and albums.

[with] 6 Melbourne color postcards, which include: the Grand Hotel; Exhibition Building; the Law Courts; Parliament House; St. Patrick's Cathedral; and Alexandria Avenue.

Postally unused, divided backs. In vg unused condition with slight rounding of a few corners. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2"

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Bookseller
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
26147
Title
Melbourne Town Hall and an image of the Exhibition Building, postcard celebrating Great White Fleet. 7 postcards
Author
Pater, W. T
Book Condition
Used - Very good overall
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Pater
Place of Publication
Melbourne
Date Published
1908
Bookseller catalogs
AUSTRALIA;

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The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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