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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: VIEW ON A STEAMER ON LOCH LOMOND, TO EILEEN NEWMAN, 1915

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1915

Overview

Black and white postcard showing a 'Steamer on Loch Lomond with the peak of Ben Lomond (xxxx feet) in the distance.'
Reverse: The card is addressed to Miss Eileen Newman, C/o Paterson Co Ltd, Perth, WA, Australia with the message: 'Loch Lomond 6/8/1915. Hope you are quite strong again and as fat as you used to be! We are having a splendid time and there is of course no sign of war here - but one cannot help thinking of the troubled times elsewhere. All our letters this week from WA are nothing but bad news from the Dardanelles. When the war is over, I'd attempt to come here for the xxxxxx.!!!' Possible initials 'JHD'

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.1052

Item type

Material

Width

140 mm

Height or length

90 mm

Inscriptions and markings

John R. Maclean, Post Office and Stores, Tarbet, Scotland.

Keywords

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

NEWMAN, Eileen Mary

Year

Statement of significance

Postcard from lady visiting Scotland to friend Eileen Newman, Perth. Reference to WWI matters.

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