Victorian Wall Letter Box of 1857

Although pillar boxes are the most common, they are not the only type of letter box. In 1857, to provide a more affordable, lower-capacity option for smaller towns and rural areas, wall-mounted boxes were introduced. These were initially small, rectangular boxes that could be mounted into existing walls or specially constructed brick pillars. This particular box is from the 1880s, you can tell this by the style of it. 

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Cpt Percy Cherry, Australian Imperial Force

27 Mar 1917, Cpt Percy Cherry, Australian Imperial Force, died, aged 21. Buried Queant Rd Cemetery. Born Drysdale, Victoria. Grew up in Tasmania. Enlisted March 1915, served Gallipoli. Day before he died, he engaged in action at Lagnicourt, for which awarded Victoria Cross.

 

MAURICE’S WOODS, ca. 1900.

Maurice’s Woods was the name given by Maspeth old-timers to a 72-acre forested tract bounded by what was to become Maurice Avenue, 66th Street, Jay Avenue, and the Long Island Expressway.

James Maurice, a very prominent New York lawyer, moved to Maspeth in 1840 and built a mansion on the south side of Maspeth Avenue about 800 feet west of the railroad tracks.

In 1850 he was elected to the Assembly and in 1852 to Congress. In 1882 he donated the Woods to the Episcopal church as a site for a seminary, but the moving of the diocesan see to Garden City put an end to the project.

For years the woods were enjoyed as a park and nature preserve by Maspethites, while houses grew up on all sides. Finally, in October 1920 the church sold off the track for development, and by 1922 streets and houses had wiped out all traces of the former green oasis. (Courtesy of The Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Division.)

MAURICE’S WOODS, ca. 1900.

Crowd of people and a goat cart with a sign reading 'Fruiterer', Sydney, Austraila circa 1920-1939

Victorian tourists finish a tour of a salt mine in Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, on a special train

The magnificent Sydney Opera House stands proud in the Sydney Harbour,

Australian camps on slopes of Olivet & Mount Scopus 1918

Horn Expedition crossing Lake Amadeus, Central Australia, 1894.

Crossing Lake Amadeus June 1894

The crowd was so large that some fans had to cross over the track before the race and watch the event from the infield. June 1949

The completed Sydney Harbour Bridge, circa 1936.

On March 19, 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened. Here's a look back at some historic photos of its construction Australia

On a misty day in 1930, high over the ships in the harbour, the two halves of the Harbour Bridge are almost ready to be joined

Here's the start of the first-ever NASCAR Strictly Stock (now Sprint Cup Series) race at Charlotte Speedway. The three-quarter mile dirt track hosted a starting field of 33 cars.

A huge crowd fills both the grandstands and the infield for the first-ever NASCAR Strictly Stock race at Charlotte Speedway June 19, 1949

21 years ago, in 1993 Dick Smith and John Wallington made the first non-stop flight across Australia in a hot air balloon.

19 March 1932 Crowds cross the newly opened Sydney Harbour Bridge

Trans-Australia Railway workers' camp in 1913

The Sydney Opera House by Max Dupain in 1969

Testing a nuclear bomb at Maralinga in 1957