Camping at Denyada, Australia, 1911
In the early 1900s postcards were avidly collected by people across the globe. Many of these were commercially produced but ones like this were made from photographs taken by amateurs using their own cameras. Unlike many of the commercial ones the image on these cards are actual photographs not half-tone prints made from negatives. This means they not only contain far more detail they are almost always rarer than commercial cards.
This photograph of a group of young men camping is a good example of this kind of postcard. They are obviously experienced campers and are posed holding their axes and frying pans in front of a chalked sign ‘Denyada Camp’ followed by a date which I think is ’19 April 1911′.
I tried doing a search to find ‘Denyada’ but failed to turn up any location in Google Maps so I’m not sure if it refers to a place or a property perhaps.
Unfortunately the reverse of the card doesn’t help much either. It is addressed to Miss Amy Hall in West Maitland, New South Wales, and appears to have been posted by her nephew (presumably one of the young men in the photograph) some time around 1911. Any other suggestions which could help identify the image?
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