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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: 'WEDDING BELLS', FLOWERS, BELLS, AND POEM

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ARISTOPHOT CO. LTD LONDON

1900 - 1960

Overview

Horizontal postcard with a black background and thin white border. At the bottom in grayscale three-dimensional block lettering, with a reflected shadow, reads: 'WEDDING BELLS'. Extending upward from either end are two collumns of multi-coloured flowers. Between these is a landscape grayscaleimage of a lake-side cabin under the clouded moonlight. The flora in the image has been colourised in green. The image has a white border. Next to the top left corner of the iomafe is six cartoon bells with green bows.

Below the image, in white type is a poem which reads: 'For love you are married / In love may you live, / 'Tis the nearest to heaven / That life has to give/'

The reverse appears to have been previosuly pasted (perhaps into an album). The remaning card obscures majority of the surface, including the handwritten message. The words which can be made out are 'Jim' / ' your love'. Presumably sent my Mr Jim Dennis, perhaps to his wife Lillian Dennis for their wedding.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2025.193

Item type

Material

Width

138 mm

Height or length

88 mm

Inscriptions and markings

ARISTOPHOT CO. LTD LONDON

Keywords

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Example of a postcard of the time

Last modified

Thursday, 17 July, 2025

Completeness

83

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