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The first Melbourne Cup trophy, 1865 [picture] / Batchelder & Co
Bib ID 5039757
Format PicturePicture, OnlineOnline
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Description 1865 
1 photograph on carte-de-visite mount : albumen ; 10.4 x 6.3 cm. 
Summary

The 1865 Trophy was designed and made by the London silversmiths Smith and Nicholson. It was the first year in which a trophy was awarded to the winner of the annual Melbourne Cup--Information from acquisitions documentation.

Notes

Title from acquisitions documentation.

Inscriptions: "Photographed at Batchelders 41 Collins St East Melbourne, Dunn Wilson & Botterill Prop"--Stamp on verso.

Condition: Spotting.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http:/­/­nla.gov.au/­nla.pic-vn5039757

Source of Acquisition Purchased, 2011. 
Subjects Horse racing - Awards - Victoria - Melbourne - Photographs.  |  Melbourne Cup (Horse race)
Other authors/contributors Batchelder & O'Neill
Exhibited Exhibited: "Things: photographing the constructed world", Temporary Exhibition Gallery, National Library of Australia - 24 November 2012 - 17 March 2013. 

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