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postcard

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV004.28.3
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV004.28.3
Description
Postcard: black and white photo, glossy, white border; vertical; intricately-carved stone structures on stepped base in front of half-timbered building with sign "-LL & Co." "-ALES" "-OCKPORT"; printed across bottom in white, hand-lettered "ANCIENT CROSSES SANDBACH"; on reverse in black, "POST CARD"; dotted line up centre with "Published by: A.W. Bourne, 32, Babingley Drive, Leicester"; to left, "CORRESPONDENCE", to right, "ADDRESS"; printed at bottom left, "Greetings from"; handwritten in blue ink, "July 4th" "We are here for lunch at Grandpa Bateman's village" [crossed out] "town where he spent his boyhood days" "Dad"; addressed to "Mrs. R H Blackwood 2435 Richter" "Kelowna BC CANADA"; brown King George VI stamp at upper right, "POSTAGE REVENUE" "2D"; cancelled by seven wavy lines; postmark "CREWE CHESHIRE" "815 5 JLY 1953"; note that stamp was used during reign of Elizabeth II; slight wear on corners
Category
06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
Classification
Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
Object Term
Postcard
Marks/Labels
Ancient Crosses / Sandbach / Grandpa Bateman's town where he spent his boyhood days
Colour
Black
White
Maker
A. W. Bourne
Country Made
England
Site/City Made
Leicester
Title
Ancient Crosses Sandbach
Publication Date
July 5 1953
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Names
Bateman, Edwin W.
Bateman Family
Images
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