Postcard - State School Children display at MCG 19/12/16

Object Type
Documents and books/Document/Card/Postcard
Date Used
19 Dec 1916
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Object Detail

Brief Description
Black and white photo of children dancing in a rectangle. Children are standing inside rectangle in triangle formations. Reverse has printed text. Text reads "POST CARD / CORRESPONDENCE / ADDRESS ONLY / KODAK / AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA / KODAK".
Museum
Melbourne Cricket Club Museum
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 87 W: 137 D: 1mm (H: 3 7/16 W: 5 3/8 D: 1/16")
Media/Materials
Paper
Ink
Associated Event
Melbourne Cricket Ground - School Children's Display
Associated Person
Date Used
19 Dec 1916
Place Used
Melbourne, Victoria
Location
In storage
Registration No
M7304.4
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Melbourne Cricket Club Museum by Margery Snowball

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Thank you for providing additional information about this object, we are always keen to learn more about our objects, and improve our collections data. We have updated our catalogue to incorporate this new knowledge.

- Melbourne Cricket Club Museum team

Posted on 03-08-2020 02:30:08

The children are starting to form the word "ANZAC". See AWM.gov.au/collection/H16097 for a clearer view, although that site gives the date as 9/12/1916. Margery Sage LORDING (Margery Snowball's mother) along with several of her 5 siblings, are in the group of children, , all having attended Essendon State School and MSL was aged 12 when this Physical Culture display was held. The Postcards donated to this MCG collection were kept by M S Lording's parents until their deaths (m-1939 & f-1951) after which they passed to her. M S Lording was the niece of F C Lording (stained glass artist with Ferguson & Urie) who played footy for "Hotham" club - now North Melbourne - in 1879, and granddaughter of F H Lording, Architect & builder, several of whose buildings are Heritage Listed.

- Nelly

Posted on 01-08-2020 12:14:15