The Memorial Clock Tower to Carlo Catani was unveiled on August 22, 1932 and it had become a landmark in St Kilda and the subject of many photographs and postcards, some of which you can see here. For a history of the Clock Tower and an account of the unveiling, see here.
Many of these images are Rose Stereographic Co. images, and date from the 1930s to the 1960s.
At the foot of the clocktower was a bust of Carlo, by Paul Mountford, and this is the only historic photograph, I have found of it.
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In Honor of Carlo Catani. St. Kilda, Upper Esplanade, Base of Clock Tower.
Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners,
Public Records Office of Victoria VPRS 8357/P0001/61, Photograph [037]
Catani Clock Tower, St Kilda.
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/4600
Catani Memorial Clock Tower and Esplanade, St Kilda.
Photographer: Valentine Publishing. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/8945
St Kilda Esplanade, 1950. Photographer: Mark Strizic.
State Library of Victoria Image H2008.11/2162
The Gardens and Esplanade, St Kilda.
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/6786
The Catani Clock Tower, St Kilda
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/5664
The Beach, near Baths, St Kilda.
Love the bikes, this looks like the 1960s.
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/6941
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/4913
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/3404
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/6780
An almost identical view to the postcard, above.
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/5591
The Lower Esplanade, St Kilda
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/3635
Lower Esplanade and Lawns, St Kilda
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/8166
Upper and Lower Esplanade from St Kilda Yacht Club
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/2936
The Upper and Lower Esplanades St Kilda.
Taken from the St Kilda Yacht Club, like the one above.
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/8168
View from the Pier, St Kilda
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/6783
The Beach and Catani Clock, St Kilda.
An almost identical view as the above.
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/8945
The Beach, St Kilda.
Another view from the Pier.
Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/8208
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