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POSTCARD: EGYPTIAN DESERT SCENE - CARIO

c. 1915
Overview

From a collection of two postcards.
Image: Orange-brown coloured card with picture of the Cheops Pyramid and Egyptians sitting on the ground in the foreground with a camel and its rider behind them. To the left is a man pointing towards the pyramid and a group of women in the background.
Reverse: Message from B. Brockway in France to Miss Eileen Newman advising that he was now a full-blown artillery officer and of the weather conditions.

Historical information

Many postcards were sent to Newman family members during WWI.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-43-1985.1042.2
Item type
Material
Width
140 mm
Height or length
90 mm
Year
Statement of significance

Local and WWI history. Postcards sent to members of the Newman family from friends on active service during World War I; one from Egypt and the other from France.

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