Sepia Saturday 209: 4 January 2014
Alan on Sepia Saturday says "All that Christmas and New Year stuff is behind us and we drive, full speed ahead, into 2014. And our vehicle of choice is a cross between a stretch limo and a country bus. There are plenty of potential prompts to be found in this image which comes from the collection of the Royal Australian Historical Society on Flickr Commons : cars, buses, dams, men in white coats." c. 1941 I do hope I haven't posted this photo before. It is another favourite of mine but I know zip about it....other than that's my mother (the little girl) standing smack bang in the front of the photo there. No grown-ups near her look familiar so maybe her nearest and dearest was taking the photo. Was it her mother or her father I wonder? Where were they? Blue Mountains I'm guessing or maybe Newcastle.... circa 1912-1916 Here's a postcard of the construction of the Cotter Dam. According to the brochure from the dis...