FILE: | 010\ 010398: | |
TITLE: | Welcoming home WWI soldiers, Campsie, ca 1919 | |
IMAGENUM: | 10398 ps | |
DESCRIPTION: | Postcard featuring ladies of the Campsie Strong Post waiting at the foot of the stairs on Campsie Railway Station ready to welcome home World War I soldiers. The ladies are holding Welcome Home Banners. The lady in the centre is Mrs Frances Guttridge and Mrs Rose Attenborough in on the right. The message on the back of the postcard reads: " Fred, This will show you how we decorate the station. Can you pick me out? Love from Ma. " | |
PLACE: | Campsie, New South Wales (NSW), Australia | |
DATE: | ca 1919 | |
LOCATION: | Local History Photograph Collection | |
ORIGINALHELD: | Yes | |
FORMATS: | Original: postcard; Copies: 35mm b&w copy negative; 21.5x16.5cm b&w copyprint [portrait]. | |
NOTES: | Note 1: Lesley Muir, from the Canterbury & District Historical Society, identified the lady in the centre as Mrs Frances Guttridge and the lady on the right as Mrs Rose Attenborough. Lesley also provided the information that Mrs Guttridge was the the first treasurer for the Campsie Red Cross and that Mrs Guttridge's son, Frederick A. enlisted in August 1915. Thanks to this information from Lesley, we now believe this could be the original postcard Mrs Guttridge sent her son all those years ago. Frederick A. was born in 1898 and so could have been no older then 17 years when he enlisted. | |
SOURCEIMAGE: | Original donated by Mrs D Smith | |
SOURCETEXT: | Information source: - Further information noted in "Notes" field was provided by Lesley Muir (5 May 2009). | |
COPYRIGHT: | Canterbury City Council | |
ACKNOWLEDGE AS: | Courtesy Mrs D. Smith and City of Canterbury Local History Photograph Collection | |
FEATURED: | Featured in the publication: Canterbury's boys : World War I & Sydney's suburban fringe edited by Lesley Muir ; contributors Lesley Muir, Leslie Hall, Brian Madden. Canterbury, N.S.W. : Canterbury and District Historical Society, 2002 | |
RELATED: | Further information is in the publication: Canterbury's boys : World War I & Sydney's suburban fringe edited by Lesley Muir ; contributors Lesley Muir, Leslie Hall, Brian Madden. Canterbury, N.S.W. : Canterbury and District Historical Society, 2002. p 109, 250. | |
TOPIC SUBJECT: | Home front; women; posters; ; postcards | |
SEARCHES: | Place: Campsie; Date: 1910s; Topic: War; Topic: Transport; Topic: Visual & performing arts | |
VERTICALFILE: | War |
