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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: 'CHRISTMAS GREETINGS' PURPLE FLOWERS AND PAINT PALETTE

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Overview

a) Horizontal cream postcard with purple embossed flowers surrounding the embossed outline of a paint palette. 'Christmas Greetings' is embossed in gold cusrive font diagonally in the bottom left of the palette. Ythe pallete has three embossed brushed coming out from the hole. The background has a grained texture.

b) The reverse side of the postcard, sent to Lillian Dennis from her sister Lucy. A cursive message is handwritten across the full width of the postcard; reading ' Dear Lilian / I wish you a merry / Christmas & a Happy New / Year from your sister Lucy / tell the little girls I will send / them some New Year cards / next week'. 'Made / in Germany' is printed in the stamp space in the top right corner.

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Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2025.52a-b

Item type

Material

Inscriptions and markings

Made in Germany

Keywords

DENNIS (nee Philp), Lillian

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

Statement of significance

Example of postcard of the time, sent to Lillian Dennis from her sister Lucy.

Last modified

Monday, 1 December, 2025

Completeness

72

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