Reid's Albion Hotel

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Type: Advertising postcards
Materials: Ink, Paper
Collection: Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1
Accession number: 1986.0117.0664

Description

Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of "REID'S / ALBION / HOTEL", and a message on the reverse. The card is postmarked 13 November 1905.

The handwritten message on the reverse is addressed to 'Miss Ophie Brown / no 4 Missendew Rd / Newtown / Sydney / 1900' and reads 'Dear Ophie / thank you P.C it was very pretty / do you recongnize this place it is / the hotel straight up [?] Catters[?] / will be glad to see you at xmas / I had a letter from Loo[?] about / the same as yours received / a letter from Freda Friday / how is Glad give her my / love, Sheils[?] is up in [?] he went up yesterday to [?] is stayingt up there also I / was up for a couple of days / well give my love to Alfred & Freda / accept the same yourself your / we were [?] at the [?] cousin [?] / Valley [?] Wednesday / (I have society)'

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