No.3 - "THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL OF VICTORIA. AERIAL VIEW OF DEDICATION CEREMONY.", real photo post card (printed circa mid 1930s) [colourized].

IMAGE INFO
- The viewpoint is looking north-east across the War Memorial grounds towards the Melbourne Botanic Gardens.
- This series of postcards was printed post-1934 in Great Britain by Authority of The Shrine of Remembrance Trustees.
- The back of the card has the following inscription -
"Erected by a grateful people to the honoured memory of the men and women of Victoria who served the Empire in the Great War of 1914-1918. Dedicated by H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, 11th November, 1934".
- Shrine Of Remembrance Wiki -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_Remembrance
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SOURCE INFO
- The original real photo card was purchased by my late father-in-law, Driver Tom Beazley, 2/8 Infantry Battalion Reinforcements, 6th Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, while on leave in Melbourne during his initial military training at Balcombe, Victoria during mid 1940.
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PROCESS INFO
- Digitized using a CANON Canoscan 8800F scanner @ 1200 DPI.
- Originally restored from the poor quality of the badly scratched & faded B&W post card with Adobe Photoshop CS Windows (duo-tone sepia version).

Taken in: Australia / Victoria / Melbourne / South Melbourne (show map)

Taken on: November 11, 1934

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