Historic Gallery

A 1930s photograph of Mount Buffalo Chalet, an icon for quality holidays in the 1920s and 1930s

A 1930s photograph of Mount Buffalo Chalet, an icon for quality holidays in the 1920s and 1930s. Built in 1910 it was at first run by the Victorian Railways; guests would travel on mules from the station below up the mountain. Plans are afoot to modernise the building; formal dress and dining are unlikely to be returned. Mount Buffalo National Park, northeast Victoria, Australia

1929: portrait of Marie Bard, poster girl for the Red Cross

1929: portrait of Marie Bard, poster girl for the Red Cross. The caption of time read Marie Bard, 22, who is the model for the 1930 Red Cross poster and US postage stamp illustrated by artist Lawrence Wilbur. She doesn't smoke, doesn't stay up late, and cooks and cleans for her mother, a pharmacist, and her father, a coffee and tea importer, in Astoria, Queens. New York, New York, USA

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Big Lizzie is the largest traction engine ever built in Australia

Big Lizzie is the largest traction engine ever built in Australia. It was constructed in Melbourne in 1917, designed to obviate the need for camel caravans. Weighing over 45 tonnes it could carry 80 tonnes. It was used to clear land for soldier settlements after a two-year journey from Melbourne to Red Cliffs. Red Cliffs, Sunraysia, Victoria, Australia