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Read more about the article The Rose Stereograph Company: a snapshot

The Rose Stereograph Company: a snapshot

Anybody in Australia who pays even a little attention to old postcards will soon encounter some of the products of the Rose Stereograph Company. The publishing output of this long-lived firm (which operated from about 1880 until it went into liquidation in 2017) was phenomenal, and when the remains of what must have been a vast photographic archive went on sale in June 2021 with Lloyds Auctions, it attracted media attention across Australia. A young George Rose, taking a photograph. From the book, George Rose, Australia's Master Stereographer, by Ron Blum. According to a brief history…

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Read more about the article Stories from old postcards. Part 2

Stories from old postcards. Part 2

Back in the early years of the 20th Century, in the golden age of postcards, untold thousands of cards criss-crossed the world, carrying necessarily brief greetings between friends and loved ones. They were cheap to send, easily available, and keenly collected - especially by youngsters. Today these old cards still hold some fascination. Sometimes they are interesting because of the illustrations on the front, other times for the inscriptions on the back, and sometimes for both. ______________________________________________________________________________ This card is a "real photo" card, produced by Charleston Studios in Newcastle. Real photo cards are simply photographic…

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Read more about the article Stories from old postcards: Part 1

Stories from old postcards: Part 1

Old postcards can be interesting for a variety of reasons. For a start, they are often interesting for the subject matter they depict. And sometimes they also carry interesting titbits of historical information in the messages written on their backs. I've picked a handful from my collection and transcribed the often hard-to-read inscriptions. . Your parcel is on its way . . . This one is easy to read, at least, having been typed by a staff member of renowned Newcastle department store Winns. Mrs Lowrey, of Booral, has ordered a parcel from Winns, and Winns…

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