East Melbourne, Victoria Parade, c.1905

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Acquisition number:

1727

Catalogue number:

emvf0990

File name:

VF0990

File location:

Vertical file

Postcard, BP Series, colour print. The reverse is divided into a space for a message and a space for the address. This format first appeared in Australia in 1905.

Shows Victoria Parade looking east from near the corner of Nicholson Street. In the foreground is a cable tram travelling north along Nicholson Street. The central focal point is the watchtower of the Eastern Hill Fire Station, built between 1891 and 1893. The building now houses the Fire Services Museum of Victoria. To its right the castellated building is the former Salvation Army Training College, built 1901. The building is now a façade to a carpark. Further to the right, on the corner of Nicholson Street, four houses of a six-unit terrace are shown. The three-storey terrace was built of bluestone. It was constructed 1853-54 and designed by J and C Webb, architects.* Now demolished.

*Argus, 30 Apr 1853, p.2; 25 Oct 1853, p.3; 16 Oct 1954, p.8; 20 Nov 1854, p.8. Tenders

Item type:

Postcard

Building name:

Salvation Army Training College

Building name:

Eastern Hill Fire Station

Subject address:

8 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne

Item size:

8.4x13.8 cm

Date of publication or creation:

1905c

History of item:

Purchased eBay

Year acquired:

2023