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Ola Cohn and The Fairies' Tree

East Melbourne

  • 131 Simpson Street

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Ola Cohn at work on The Fairies' Tree, 1932 Open full image ↗
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Ola Cohn at work on The Fairies' Tree, 1932 - reverse Open full image ↗
Acquisition number
1666
Catalogue number
emvf0986
File name
VF0986
File location
Vertical file

Postcard showing photograph of Ola Cohn at work carving The Fairies' Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens.  The photo appeared in the Argus newspaper on 3 November 1932. The postcard is signed by Ola Cohn and dated with the year.  On the reverse is written "To Mr & Mrs Holloway  Wishing you the best of Christmas's  Norman Davies".  Jack and Lily Holloway were the grand-parents of donor, Sally Holloway. 

In 1932 Ola Cohn wrote a children's book called The Fairies' Tree in collaboration with Norman Davies.

Item type
Postcard
Item size
8x13 cm
Date of publication or creation
1932
Year acquired
2021
Donor
Sally Holloway
Date digitised
2021-09-20

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Fitzroy Gardens
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