Ash Bester Postcard Index

Ash Bester & Co was a Hobart pharmacy, photographic processor, souvenir and camera store that produced postcards from about 1940 to 1960. There are at least 669 cards in the series.

001 - 050

  • 001
  • 002 Buckland Church, Tas
  • 003 Buckland Church Interior
  • 004
  • 005
  • 006 Elizabeth St, Hobart
  • 007
  • 008
  • 009
  • 010
  • 011
  • 012
  • 013
  • 014
  • 015
  • 016
  • 017
  • 018
  • 019
  • 020
  • 021
  • 022
  • 023 River Derwent at New Norfolk
  • 024
  • 025
  • 026
  • 027
  • 028 River Derwent at New Norfolk
  • 029
  • 039
  • 031
  • 032
  • 033
  • 034 Orford Bridge Tas
  • 035
  • 036
  • 037
  • 038
  • 039
  • 040
  • 041
  • 042
  • 043 Lily Pond, Botanical Gardens, Hobart
  • 044 Conservatory, Botanical Gardens, Hobart
  • 045 Salmon Ponds, Plenty
  • 046
  • 047 Tasman's Arch, Eaglehawk Neck
  • 048
  • 049 General View, Port Arthur
  • 050

051 - 100

  • 051
  • 052 Ruins Church, Port Arthur
  • 053
  • 054
  • 055
  • 056
  • 057
  • 058 Post Office, Swansea
  • 059
  • 060
  • 061 Hobart Bridge Tas
  • 062
  • 063
  • 064
  • 065
  • 066
  • 067
  • 068
  • 069 Mt Wellington
  • 070
  • 071
  • 072
  • 073
  • 074
  • 075
  • 076 Dock & Mt Wellington
  • 077
  • 078 Wharves & Snow Capped Mt. Wellington, Hobart
  • 079 Hobart Bridge from Eastern Shore
  • 080
  • 081
  • 082
  • 083
  • 084
  • 085
  • 086 Town Hall Port Arthur
  • 087
  • 088
  • 089 Esplanade New Norfolk
  • 090
  • 091
  • 092
  • 094
  • 095
  • 096
  • 097
  • 098
  • 099
  • 100

101 - 150

  • 101
  • 102
  • 103 Titania's Palace Hasting's Caves
  • 104 Penitentiary, Port Arthur
  • 105 Ruins Church, Port Arthur
  • 106 The Magazine, Port Arthur
  • 107 Magazine Port Arthur
  • 108
  • 109 Blowhole Ledge, Eaglehawk Neck
  • 110
  • 111 Penitentiary, Port Arthur
  • 112
  • 113 Mt Wellington, Hobart
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122 Meredith River Swansea
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127 Bay View Hotel, Swansea
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134 Port Arthur from hill, showing Hospital
  • 135 Interior, Model Prison, Port Arthur
  • 136 Model Prison Bell with guide
  • 137 Looking Along Road from Tower, Port Arthur
  • 138 Eaglehawk Neck
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141 Eaglehawk Neck showing location of Blow Hole, Tasman's Arch and Devil's Kitchen.
  • 142
  • 143 Hadley’s Hotel
  • 144 Blowhole, Eaglehawk Neck
  • 145 Devil's Kitchen, Eag Neck
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150

151 - 200

  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156 GPO Hobart
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160 Commercial Hotel, Hobart
  • 161 Government Tourist Bureau Hobart
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164 Freemason's Hotel, Hobart
  • 165 Franklin Square & GPO Hobart
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168 Headstone Buckland Church
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • 178
  • 179
  • 180
  • 181
  • 182 Apple Blossom Huon Valley Tas
  • 183
  • 184
  • 185 Sleeping Beauty from Huon Rd
  • 186
  • 187
  • 188
  • 189
  • 190
  • 191 Grand Hotel, Huonville
  • 192
  • 193 Hobart from Rosny
  • 194 Aerial View, Swansea
  • 195 Australian Newsprint Mills Boyer
  • 196
  • 197 Hop Fields, Derwent Valley
  • 198
  • 199
  • 200

201 - 300

  • 201
  • 202
  • 211 Top Section, Russell Falls, National Park
  • 212 Triabunna Wharf
  • 216 Russell Falls, National Park
  • 235 Imperial Hotel, Hobart
  • 240 Royal Hobart Hospital
  • 242 Mouth of Brown's River, Tas
  • 246 Retaining Wall Great Lake Miena
  • 255 Parliament House, Hobart
  • 262 Look-out, Mt Wellington
  • 272 Sandy Bay Beach
  • 276 Cambridge 'Drome from Mt. Rumney
  • 279 Wrest Point, Sandy Bay, Hobart
  • 280 From Pinnacle, Mt Wellington, Hobart
  • 287 Town Hall Hobart
  • 288 Liverpool St Hobart
  • 294 Highfield Hotel, Hobart
  • 296 Brunswick Hotel Hobart

301 - 400

  • 330 Macquarie Plains with Hop Fields
  • 333 Russell Falls, National Park
  • 334 Russell Falls, National Park
  • 335 Russell Falls, National Park
  • 336 Russell Falls, National Park
  • 337
  • 340 Grass Tree National Park
  • 344 Botanical Gardens, Hobart
  • 347 Hobart Bridge from Eastern Shore
  • 348 Cadburys, Claremont
  • 349 Big Tree National Park
  • 371 Thermal Swimming Pool Hastings
  • 372 The Chalet, Hastings
  • 374 Tesselated Pavement, Eaglehawk Neck
  • 376 Ocean Pier Fire, Hobart
  • 388 Salmon Ponds, Plenty
  • 389 Salmon Ponds, Plenty

401 - 500

  • 402 St Mathew's Church, New Norfolk
  • 410 Exterior Model Prison, Port Arthur
  • 442 West Point & Gardens Hobart
  • 443 Sandy Bay Beach, Hobart
  • 446 Sandy Bay Beach, Esplanade
  • 450 Bush Hotel, New Norfolk
  • 452 St Matthew's Church Window, New Norfolk
  • 453 Eaglehawk Neck, showing Lufra Hotel Site
  • 453 Eaglehawk Neck, Tas
  • 478 Bay View Hotel, Swansea
  • 479 Swansea (streetscape)
  • 480 Bay View Hotel Swansea
  • 484 Lounge, Lufra Hotel
  • 485 Dining Room, Lufra Hotel, Eaglehawk Neck
  • 490 St David's Park, Hobart
  • 491 Dock & Snow Capped Mt Wellington
  • 492 Freemason's Hotel New Norfolk
  • 497 Hobart from Bellerive
  • 500 Hobart Bridge and Mt Wellington

501 - 600

  • 530 The Chalet Austins Ferry
  • 533 Fire Wagon, Port Arthur
  • 542 State High School, Hobart
  • 547 Shot Tower, Taroona
  • 553 Deloraine, Tas
  • 556 Holy Trinity Church from Domain Hobart
  • 583 Aerial view of Hobart Wharves
  • 584 Tessellated Pavement & Clyde Island, Eaglehawk Neck
  • 585 Lufra Hotel, Eaglehawk Neck
  • 586 Lufra Hotel, Eagle Neck
  • 588 Hop Fields Bushy Park
  • 590 Bay View Hotel, Swansea
  • 596 Wrest Point Hotel, Hobart
  • 597 Calvary Hospital, Hobart
  • 598
  • 599
  • 600

601 - 650

  • 601
  • 602
  • 603
  • 604
  • 605
  • 606
  • 607
  • 608
  • 609
  • 610
  • 611
  • 612
  • 613
  • 614 Commonwealth Bank, Hobart
  • 615 Tea Rooms Botanical Gardens Hobart
  • 616
  • 617 Murray St, Hobart
  • 618 Collins Street, Hobart
  • 619
  • 620
  • 621
  • 622
  • 623
  • 624
  • 625 Tea Rooms Botanical Gardens Hobart
  • 626
  • 627
  • 628
  • 629
  • 630
  • 631 Mt Wellington & Hobart Bridge
  • 632 Logging Train at the Rocks, New Norfolk
  • 633
  • 634
  • 635 Traffic Bridge, New Norfolk
  • 636 View From Pulpit Rock, New Norfolk
  • 637
  • 638
  • 639
  • 640 High Street, New Norfolk
  • 641
  • 642 St Mathews Church of England, New Norfolk
  • 643
  • 644
  • 645
  • 646 Mountain Lodge Mt Wellington
  • 647 From Pinnacle, Mt Wellington
  • 648
  • 649
  • 650

651 - 700

  • 651 Liverpool Street, Hobart
  • 652
  • 653
  • 654 General View, Port Arthur
  • 655 Richmond Bridge
  • 656
  • 657
  • 658
  • 659 Tungatinah Power Station & Bridge
  • 660
  • 662
  • 662
  • 663
  • 664
  • 665 Princess of Tasmania at Devonport
  • 666
  • 667 The Docks, Hobart
  • 668 The Chalet, Bronte Park
  • 669 Fish in Salmon Pond New Norfolk