Postcard with photograph captioned The Bridge, South approach, August 1929

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Type
Photographic postcards
Place
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Materials
Paper, Photographic emulsion
Collection
Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1
Accession number
1986.0117.6553

Description

A postcard with a black and white photograph on one side depicting the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction, with a boat in the foreground which has 13 ring shaped lifebuoys mounted on the upper deck. The photograph is captioned with the printed white text 'THE BRIDGE S. APPROACH - AUG. 1929.' Handwritten in pencil on the reverse of the postcard is the name 'Mrs Keegan'.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 5:58:59 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-09-30. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.