bendigo

The Bendigo photographs are of the 1930 annual demonstration by the Country Fire Brigades of Victoria at the Show Grounds, Bendigo. Very descriptive newspaper report here: trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/74051176

Interesting photo because the dress is bang on 1869 - ten years earlier. Its certainly not 1879.

The photo is dated from the photographer, Nicholas White of Bendigo, who created this photograph by cutting and pasting Tremaye's face onto both faces of another couple's portrait. The dress may be a little out of date because an older photograph was used but the scandal had not broken until 1879 and the point of the photomontage was to capitalise on the news. (The woman's hairstyle would be ca. 1872-1876, possibly later than the dress which was kept for much longer then). Hence the 1879 date!

"In the Heart of the Hibernian Metropolis BEFORE NELSON'S PILLAR TRAILS SLOWED, SHUNTED, CHANGED TROLLEY, started for Blackrock, Kingstown and Dalkey, Clonskea, Rathgar and Terenure, Palmerston park and upper Rathmines, Sandymount Green, Rathmines, Ringsend and Sandymount Tower, Harold's Cross. The hoarse Dublin United Tramway Company's timekeeper bawled them off: -- Rathgar and Terenure! -- Come on, Sandymount Green! Right and left parallel clanging ringing a doubledecker and a singledeck moved from their railheads, swerved to the down line, glided parallel. -- Start, Palmerston park!" Ulysses, the Aeolus episode. I think TRAILS should be TRAMS

Trams bearing advertisements from the 1930s anyway.

Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.

ZI 1 to ZI 9999 (Mar 1927 – May 1933); So after Mar 1927

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