A postcrossing post card from Jorma in Finland.
Hmmm – I’ll have to give a sauna a try sometime!
Thanks Jorma!
Year: 2009
Hangzhou Night Scenes
A postcrossing post card from Evelyn in Hangzhou, China.
Evelyn is a student, and although it’s summer vacation time, she’s studying to make sure she passes her college entrance exam next year.
Evelyn hopes one day to be a director.
Best of luck, Evelyn, and thanks for the post card!
City Reach Brisbane River – 1909
This postcard from Rita shows a view of the Brisbane River looking South-East from the top of Queen Street towards the Kangaroo Point cliffs, with the Customs House in the foreground.
It shows a view in the opposite direction compared to this postcard which was taken around the same time.
The Morning Mist over the Pasture
A postcrossing post card from Catherine, in Sichuan, south-west China.
Catherine loves good food from all over the world, but she says Sichuan food is the best.
Thanks for the card, Catherine!
Devon Riviera
A postcard from my mate Simon who is currently taking a quick holiday in the UK.
Hope you’re having a good time, Simon!
By the way, for you Fawlty Towers fans, the middle left picture is of Torquay. (Don’t mention the war)
Thanks for the postcard, Simon!
Lisboa. Cais das Colunas (1940-1950)
A postcard from Catarina in Lisbon.
The photo shows Lisbon in the 1940’s.
Catarina is currently completing her Masters Degree Biomedical Engineering, which means she hasn’t had much of a vacation this summer 🙂
Thanks for the card, Catarina!
The cure for Mondayitis
Fishing on a monday afternoon. THE cure for Mondayitis 🙂
Found it!
I found the image on the right here. Many of the features in it match those in the postcard which places it as I thought at Petrie Bight. The photo on the right is from Picture Queensland, the State Library of Queensland, dated 1924. Here’s what the info about the picture says:
Wharves at Petrie Bight, Brisbane. The S.S. ‘Royal City’, 5411 gross tons and 3481 nett tons, docked at Nixon-Smiths wharves, Circular Quay, on 17 February, 1924. The S.S. ‘Royal City’ is discharging 19, 399 cases of kerosene, 20,000 cases of benzine and motor spirit and 650 tons of general cargo from New York and Port Arthur.
The 1924 picture has many additional buildings not in the postcard, so I’m sticking with my guess that the postcard is dated around 1910.
Unfortunately, I don’t think the ships in both pictures are the same. The stern of SS Royal City in the picture on the right is quite different from the stern of the vessel in the postcard.
Even so, it’s great to be able to more accurately date and place the postcard.