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1891 Punt Road - Yarra in Flood

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Acquisition number: 
812
Catalogue number: 
emdf0017
File name: 
DF0017
File location: 
Digital File

Two photographs presumed to be taken on 1 August 1891 when the Yarra River flooded to a near record extent causing severe damage to houses and property in Richmond and elsewhere. The location of both photos is at the railway bridge over Punt Road near Swan Street.

Item type: 
Photograph
Item size: 
25x20 cm
Number of pages: 
2
Item condition: 
Poor
Item inscription: 

On one of the photos:
"Punt Rd Richmond"

Date of publication or creation: 
1891-08-01
History of item: 

Scanned from photos which appear in turn to be copies of newspaper photos.

Year acquired: 
2010
Donor: 
Warin Holder
Date digitised: 
2010-09-21
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