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1918 Punch Cavalcade p59 - At Last

"Mr. Punch's Cavalcade: A Revue of Thirty Years" Volume 1 of 20 Volumes of "The New Punch Library" Published by The Educational Book Company Ltd. London Copyright 1934 reserved by the Proprietors of "Punch"

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1919 Punch Cavalcade p60 - The Penitent

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1921 Punch Cavalcade p61 - Jurors

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1925 Philadelphia, Atwater Kent radio set assembly

Five years after the Nineteenth Amendment granted women full voting rights these slim young American women were still the horsepower for the American Century. The ceiling had changed from opaque to glass.

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1927 Punch Cavalcade p62 - Our Flappers

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1928 Yarra Park and MCG

Photographer: Pratt, Charles Daniel Date of creation: [Nov. 25, 1928] Negative : glass ; 12.1 x 16.6 cm. (half plate) Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria Accession Number: H91.160/446 Image Number: ai000447

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1930c MCG, Jolimont, Yarra Park

Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) showing crowd at ground, parked cars and railway lines

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1931 Yarra Park, MCG, Jolimont

Photographer: Pratt, Charles Daniel Date(s) of creation: [Oct. 30, 1931] Negative : glass ; 12.1 x 16.6 cm. (half plate) Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria Accession Number: H91.160/443 Image Number: ai000444

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194 George Street

Auction brochure.

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1942 Roy Morgan Gallup Poll

Survey Number 7, Question 10: "Do you favour or oppose employment of conductresses on trams or buses?" Newspaper report of Roy Morgan Gallup poll dated 5 July 1942. Majority in Favor of Conductresses Employment of women conductors on trams and buses is strongly approved throughou...

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1945 Aerial Photo - Melbourne

first ‹ previous 6 of 14 next › last 1945 Aerial Photo - Melbourne Open full image ↗ State Library of Victoria first ‹ previous 6 of 14 next › last

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1945 Aerial Photo - Melbourne East

first ‹ previous 7 of 14 next › last 1945 Aerial Photo - Melbourne East Open full image ↗ State Library of Victoria first ‹ previous 7 of 14 next › last

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1945 Aerial Photo - Melbourne North

first ‹ previous 8 of 14 next › last 1945 Aerial Photo - Melbourne North Open full image ↗ Acknowledgments State Library of Victoria first ‹ previous 8 of 14 next › last

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1963 Cairns Memorial Church

State Library of Victoria http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/jcollins/0/0/5/doc/jc005134.shtml

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1966 Melway Maps 043, 044

first ‹ previous 9 of 14 next › last 1966 Melway Maps 043, 044 Open full image ↗ Acknowledgments Maps Collection, State Library of Victoria first ‹ previous 9 of 14 next › last

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1972 East Melbourne Aerial Photo

Aerial photograph of East Melbourne taken at 12:48pm on 30 January 1972 from an altitude of 5,050 feet above sea level. Run 37. Centre of map approx corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Street. Central coverage: East Melbourne, Jolimont, Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens, Yarra P...