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Souvenir of South Australia's record heat-wave

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Public Domain
Public Domain
Type
Postcards
Date
1930
Place
Australia; Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Materials
Paper
Collection
Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1
Accession number
1986.0117.3792

Description

An unused postcard featuring a black and white illustration. The cartoon has a bald man in a suit holding a hat being handed a certificate by a hand coming out of a cloud. The hand has "OLD SOL" printed on it. The certificate lists record weather temperatures for Adelaide SA in January 1939. The text next to the cartoon reads "SOUVENIR / OF / SOUTH / AUSTRALIA'S / RECORD / HEAT-WAVE (Reprinted from / "The News" / 16-1-39)."

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:16:10 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-09-30. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.