Postcard featuring Melbourne Cup winner - Patron, 1894
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- Type
- Postcards
- Place
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Flemington, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Materials
- Ink, Paper
- Collection
- Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1
- Accession number
- 1986.0117.4235
Description
A postcard featuring a black and white photograph of a racehorse with three white socks and its head turned away from the camera. Printed text underneath the image reads "PATRON. / Won Melbourne Cup, 1894. Weight - 9.3. Time 3.31." Printed to the right of the image is text which reads "MAIL CARD. / Racehorse Series A. / The Address Only to be written here. / The Mail Card Advertising Co./ Linden Court, / Market and Castlereagh Str". 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/.