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Ola Cohn and The Fairies' Tree

East Melbourne

  • 131 Simpson Street

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  • Cohn
  • Davies
  • Holloway

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Acquisition number: 
1666
Catalogue number: 
emvf0986
File name: 
VF0986
File location: 
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Postcard showing photograph of Ola Cohn at work carving The Fairies' Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens.  The photo appeared in the Argus newspaper on 3 November 1932. The postcard is signed by Ola Cohn and dated with the year.  On the reverse is written "To Mr & Mrs Holloway  Wishing you the best of Christmas's  Norman Davies".  Jack and Lily Holloway were the grand-parents of donor, Sally Holloway. 

In 1932 Ola Cohn wrote a children's book called The Fairies' Tree in collaboration with Norman Davies.

Item type: 
Postcard
Item size: 
8x13 cm
Date of publication or creation: 
1932
Year acquired: 
2021
Donor: 
Sally Holloway
Date digitised: 
2021-09-20
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