40 Broken Hill
Postcards by Brokenshire Bros. Broken Hill Miners Strike, 1909. Album of 44 photographic postcards, print-out paper prints, impressed stamp, each 9 x 13.9cm. Together with 1 letterpress postcard.
Rare as a group. The 1909 miners strike lasted for two years. Justice Higgins gave a judgement in favour of the miners. The photographer, 'Brokenshire Bros', is more than likely a nom-de-plume for a sympathetic photographer: the sale of the postcards no doubt assisted the miners. The letterpress postcard is an important piece of ephemera: Still Locked-out: but Living. No News but this…

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