[Postcard wishing luck for active service]

Object detail

Accession number

MSS-2017-20

Description

Picture postcard showing a boy in an military hat, reads "Thumbs up / I've joined." Verso: Addressed to Mrs. H. L. Cole of London. Reads "19/7/16 / On active service / Good luck / All [fit] here. / Love - / H"

Signature/Marks and Type

"Army post office / B / JY 19 / 16. / S. 19" -on verso. Stamped

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 postcard : colour ; 14 x 8.5 cm

Record level

Item

Credit line

19 Jul 1916. [Postcard wishing luck for active service], MSS-2017-20. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Postcard Postcard, Picture Tools & Equipment for Communication Written Communication T&E Writing Media

Subject: all levels

<C> Recruiting and enlistment Armed forces Personal narratives World War, 1914-1918

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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