Getting there – by foot, balloon, steam, car

WE ALL LIKE TO TRAVEL, AND THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF DOING THIS. Here is a selection of ephemera showing the various ways we can get between two places – from hot air balloon to steam ship. The ephemera is, we think, arranged from simplest to most complex ways of getting around. But we are happy to enter into discussions if you think this is not so.

School age child care poster. Collection of Mandy B.
School age child care poster. Collection of Mandy B.
Components of the Wheeling cycling game. Collection of Monash University Library, Rare Books Collection.
Components of the Wheeling cycling game. Collection of Monash University Library, Rare Books Collection.
Cycling Scrapbook   1930s and 1940s  Includes Opperman, Gray and Nicholson   A number of signed items  Must see.
Cycling Scrapbook 1930s and 1940s Includes Opperman, Gray and Nicholson
A number of signed items Must see.
early Australian Christmas card
1885: Gibbs, Shallard & Co, Sydney, publisher; Union is strength, back. Collection of Michael Aitken.
Motorbike catalogue circa 1910. For sale at May 2014 fair, Mark Burgess.
Motorbike catalogue circa 1910. For sale at May 2014 fair, Mark Burgess.
Exercise book cover featuring steamers. For sale at May 2014 fair, Ian Atkinson.
Exercise book cover featuring steamers. For sale at May 2014 fair, Ian Atkinson.
Tram tickets with advertising for tea on the verso. Collection of Brian W.
Tram tickets with advertising for tea on the verso. Circa 1940s. Collection of Brian W.
Christmas travel information, Avant card, c2000-2005. Collection of Mandy B.
Christmas travel information, Avant card, c2000-2005. Collection of Mandy B.
Record cover - for sale at May 2014 fair, Ian Atkinson.
Record cover – for sale at May 2014 fair, Ian Atkinson.
Car brochure. Collection of Monash University Library, Rare Books Collection.
Car brochure. Collection of Monash University Library, Rare Books Collection.
M/v Oceania, program of activities for Friday 10 June 1960. From the collection of ESA member Barry P.
M/v Oceania, program of activities for Friday 10 June 1960. From the collection of ESA member Barry P.

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