Accession[1965.0017] Papers of Joseph Bishop and familyPart of Item[Beechworth postcard album]Position in Sequencepage 35IdentifierUMA-ITE-1965001700242Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentThis photo shows the Mitta River in flood. Card was posted in 1909. Card was written c/o Miss. B Reid, Tallangatta and dated 31.12.1909, and sender's comments include: "You will no doubt be suprised to receive this from me at the above adress, but the fact is I have been up here two months nearly now, nursing my sister Ada (Mrs. Matthews)who has been at death's door all the time, till this week when a change for the better took place. The heart is the trouble now, and it in a very weak state indeed. She first got Ptomaine poisoning & every other thing possible after. I have a trained nurse these three weeks & we have rooms with Bridget Reid who knows you well .. Write soon to this address. We had Ada in the Private Hospital for six weeks." Publisher: H.A. Bernicke, Tallangatta. Inscription: Ink inscription on verso. This postcard was published by H.A. Bernicke, Tallangatta. Printed in Austria. Caption on image: "THE MITTA IN FLOOD". Number 9528 on lower right-hand corner of image.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemCopyright StatusPublic domainConditions of Use and ReproductionThis item is out of copyright. Please acknowledge the University of Melbourne Archives as the source of this material. MenuBrowse digitised items | Available online
Bishop Family, The Mitta in Flood. (c 1900 - 1913), [UMA-ITE-1965001700242]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 10/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/266426
