Description
PRECIS
Before the days of emails and social media the postcard was very popular, cheap and an easy way to keep in touch with friends and family when going on holidays. In Australia the Rose Stereograph Company of Armadale, Victoria manufactured the real photograph type of card up to 1967, which is very collectable today. The Company was the best and most prolific in this field.
When going on holidays people often bought photo postcards of the place where they were staying, some kept as souvenirs for themselves, others to post to their friends. It was so easy, as if to say in just a few words ‘Hey, look where I am!’ There was no room for complicated etiquette which inhibited letter writing among the ordinary folk.
The postcards reproduced in this book will take you on a nostalgic photo tour to a lovely holiday destination. Enjoy.
The book is approximately A4, with 48 pages. 42 of these are picture pages that show two vintage Rose Series postcards to a page taking the reader on a nostalgic tour of the Frankston area. The following titles in order as presented in book are:
WELLS STREET, FRANKSTON, VIC.
PLAYNE STREET, FRANKSTON, VIC.
SHOPPING CENTRE, FRANKSTON, VIC.
POST OFFICE & PORTION OF THE SHOPPING CENTRE, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE PIER HOTEL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
NEPEAN HIGHWAY, FRANKSTON, VIC. [shows shopping area]
A GLIMPSE OF THE MAIN STREET, FRANKSTON, VIC.
MAIN STREET, FRANKSTON, VIC.
POINT NEPEAN ROAD, FRANKSTON, VIC. [shows shopping area]
THE MAIN STREET, FRANKSTON, VIC.
MAIN STREET, FRANKSTON, VIC.
POINT NEPEAN ROAD, FRANKSTON, VIC.
HOSPITAL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
ST.ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CAHURCH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
- FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
- PAUL’S C OF E, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE TENNIS COURTS & PIER, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE BOWLING GREEN, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE FERNERY, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE WTERFALL, ‘THE FERNERY’, FRANKSTON, VIC.
‘THE FERNERY., FRANKLIN, VIC. [interior view shows dining tables]
‘THE FERNERY., FRANKSTON, VIC. [interior view shows dining tables]
THE BEACH FRONT FROM OLIVER’S HILL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
OLIVER’S HILL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
A VIEW OF OLIVER’S HILL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
A VIEW OF OLIVER’S HILL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE CURVE OF THE HIGHWAY, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE NEPEAN HIGHWAY, FRANKSTON, VIC.
VIEW FROM OLIVER’S HILL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
LOOKING FROM OLIVER’S HILL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE NEPEAN HIGHWAY AT ONE MILE BRIDGE, FRANKSTON, VIC.
NEPEAN HIGHWAY, FRANKSTON, VIC.
OLIVER’S HILL FROM THE BEACH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE BEACH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
LOOKING TO THE BEACH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE CAFÉ & PIER, FRANKSTON, VIC.
VIEW FROM THE PIER, FRANKSTON, VIC.
VIEW FROM THE PIER, FRANKSTON, VIC.
OLIVER HILL FROM THE PIER, FRANKSTON, VIC.
VIEW FROM THE PIER, FRANKSTON, VIC.
PANORAMA OF THE COAST LINE, FRANKSTON, VIC.
PANORAMA OF THE BEACH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
LONG ISLAND BEACH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
LONG ISLAND BEACH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE YACHT CLUB, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE BEACH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE PIER, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE BEACH & PIER, FRANKSTON, VIC.
VIEW ALONG THE BEACH TO OLIVER’S HILL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
OLIVER’S HILL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
BATHERS ON BEACH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE BEACH, FRANKSTON, VIC.
LONG ISLAND GOLF COURSE, FRANKSTON, VIC.
LONG ISLAND GOLF HOUSE, FRANKSTON, VIC.
BEAUTIFUL KANANOOK CREEK, FRANKSTON, VIC.
REFLECTIONS IN THE KANANOOK CREEK, FRANKSTON, VIC.
ALONG THE CREEK, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE TEACHER’S COLLEGE, FRANKSTON, VIC.
A VIEW FROM OLIVER’S HILL, SHOWING PIER, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE NEPEAN HIGHWAY, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE LUXURIOUS GRAND HOTEL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE FRANKSTON HOTEL, FRANKSTON, VIC.
ENTRANCE GATES, WAR VETERANS’ HOME, FRANKSTON, VIC.
LOUNGE & DINING ROOM, WAR VETERANS’ HOME, FRANKSTON, VIC.
THE LIFESAVING CLUB, SEAFORD, VIC.
THE BEACH, SEAFORD, VIC.
CROWDS ON THE BEACH, SEAFORD, VIC.
THE BEACH, SEAFORD, VIC.
SHOPPING CENTRE, MT. ELIZA, VIC.
POST OFFICE & STORE, MT. ELIZA, VIC.
VIEW AT MT. ELIZA, MT. ELIZA, VIC.
RANELAGH HOUSE, MT. ELIZA, VIC.
THE COAST, MT. ELIZA, VIC.
CANADIAN BAY, MT. ELIZA, VIC.
BEACH, CANADIAN BAY, MT. ELIZA, VIC.
CANADIAN BAY, MT. ELIZA, VIC.
In addition to the above high quality views, two other postcard views are presented on inside cover pages. (in sepia).
