24 Mar 1941 - No. 565 - "ALEXANDRIA - Stanley Bay.", Egypt - rare real photo post card - circa 1935
IMAGE INFO
- Bathers relaxing & enjoying the sun, surf & sand at Stanley Bay Beach in Alexandria during the inter-war years.
- Commercial signs (left to right) can be seen advertising - "Toccos" cigarettes, "Optraex" (Optrex) eye care products, "S. Pellegrino" orangeade, "King of the Damned" movie (released in 1935).
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SOURCE INFO
- Original postcard purchased by my late father-in-law, Australian Army 2/1 Anti Tank Regiment Driver Tom Beazley, while on extended leave in Alexandria.
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PROCESS INFO
- Digitized (using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.
- Restored from the badly faded, scratched original quality, using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0 (duotoned version).
24 Mar 1941 - No. 565 - "ALEXANDRIA - Stanley Bay.", Egypt - rare real photo post card - circa 1935
IMAGE INFO
- Bathers relaxing & enjoying the sun, surf & sand at Stanley Bay Beach in Alexandria during the inter-war years.
- Commercial signs (left to right) can be seen advertising - "Toccos" cigarettes, "Optraex" (Optrex) eye care products, "S. Pellegrino" orangeade, "King of the Damned" movie (released in 1935).
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SOURCE INFO
- Original postcard purchased by my late father-in-law, Australian Army 2/1 Anti Tank Regiment Driver Tom Beazley, while on extended leave in Alexandria.
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PROCESS INFO
- Digitized (using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.
- Restored from the badly faded, scratched original quality, using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0 (duotoned version).