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Postcard featuring Melbourne Cup winner - Newhaven, 1896

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Public Domain
Public Domain
Type
Postcards
Place
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Flemington, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Materials
Ink, Paper
Collection
Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1
Accession number
1986.0117.4232

Description

A postcard featuring a black and white photograph of a jockey sitting on a stationary racehorse. Printed text underneath the image reads "NEWHAVEN. / Won Melbourne Cup, 1896. Weight - 7.13. Time - 3.28 1/2." Printed to the right of the image is text which reads "MAIL CARD. / Racehorse Series A. / The Address Only to be written / The Mail Card Advertisin / Linden Cour / Market and Castle". Parts of words are missing as the right side of the postcard has been cut off.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:20:36 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-09-30. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.