Image: First World War silk embroidered card from the Ephemera Collections, September 1917, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries. Via Heritage et AL. This Valentine’s Day, we take a minute to consider the history of the romantic greeting card with an extract from Issue 27: Frugal where Sarah Jane Dow
Silk embroidered postcards made during the First World War
Why did First World War soldiers on the Western Front send their loved ones silk embroidered postcards, with examples from the archives of Europeana For the families of soldiers in the First World War, letters and postcards were the only...
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My favourite part of the Toronto Reference Library's postcard collection are its silk embroidered WW1 era postcards. With the 100thanniversary of WW1 upon us, they are very timely reminders of earlier times. These unique postcards were sent home by soldiers to their loved ones. Instead of regular post mail, many...
Deze kaart werd met Pasen 1924 verstuurd. This card was sent for Easter 1924.
En wederom een zijde geborduurde ansichtkaart ter ere van Ste. Catherine. And again a silk embroidered postcard in honor of Ste. Catherine.
Come with me gentle reader and admire some silk embroidered WW1 postcards as they tell the love story of Vernon and Beatrice. The Toronto Reference Library owns a small collection of these postcards, three of which a soldier sent back home to his Toronto girl. Open up the lace flap...
These three moose, a cow and two calves, have been hanging around our yard a lot this winter, usually scavenging in the garden. We also have a neighborhood red fox that we see fairly regularly. It's...
C-617, CHROMOGRAPHED IN BERLIN, gilt embossed borders, grey cards
Embroidered silk postcards made soldiers at the Western Front and sent to their families back home, for Christmas. These kinds of embroidere...
Very Good; Postcard of Old Silk Road, 113 W. Main Street, Aberdeen, North Carolina. South East Asian Art Gallery. Back of postcard is unused. Postcard is in goo
Ma Nouvelle Collection. Hier, dimanche, je suis allée à un vide grenier et suis tombée en admiration devant de vieilles cartes brodées par nos grand-mères . Carte d'un 1er avril. Cette carte date du 2 juillet 1922 ; elle a été postée à Tourcoing pour...
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Within my collection of postcards dating from the First World War is this very poignant card from a father to his young daughter. Unfortunately, there are no other identifying marks on the card so it is impossible to trace anything in connection with this card, so the sender of the card must remain A soldier of …
Old postcard AK ALGERIA Merchants of Arab Dishes - Scenes and Types (1145602). CPA AK Marchands de Plats Arabes - Scenes et Types ALGERIE (1145602). CPA AK Marchands de Plats Arabes - Scenes et Types ALGERIE (1145602). Non Voyagee. Unmailed. DC20855 Carte postale. Postcard. Condition: Used
