Palace Gardens, Sydney / May Your Troubles Be Light As Bubbles
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- Type
- Postcards
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Materials
- Ink, Paper
- Collection
- Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1
- Accession number
- 1986.0117.1149
Description
White postcard with a drawing of a hand holding a bubble pipe, and inside a bubble is a round colourised vignette photograph of "Palace Gardens, Sydney." There is a message on the reverse.
Handwritten message on reverse is addressed to 'Miss M Waugh / Norland [Thorland?] / Manning River / North Coast' and reads '5 Little Edward St / Balmain E. / My dear Minnaie / just a line to let / you know wo I am / getting on Tell [?] I can / float with rings I have no / one to play with I got your / P.C. alright I [?] you are / having a fine time there / when are you coming back / shcool on Monday so good / bye with fond from Pete / to [?]'
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 5:42:16 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-09-30. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.