Brighton Hotel, overlooking Harbour, Kiama

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Type: Postcards
Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Kiama, South Coast, New South Wales, Australia
Materials: Ink, Paper
Collection: Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1
Accession number: 1986.0117.3764

Description

A postcard featuring a black and white photograph of a hotel and advertising text and a message on the back. The building features a bullnose verandah with cast iron ballustrade. It has a tower on one corner. The date "1905" is on one of the pediments. The text at the bottom reads "BRIGHTON HOTEL, overlooking Harbour, Kiama. J. McCaffrey Proprietor..." Text on the front includes amenities of the hotel. The message on the back starts "Dear Mother / We got up here all right..."

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