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POSTCARD: 'WE ARE TOO BUSY TO WRITE'

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1907

Overview

Black and white postcard with a photograph of a couple under a white umbrella. They are seated on a tree stump on the beach, looking out at the waves. Their heads are hidden behind the umbrella. The figure on the right is wearing a long white and the left is whereing a black jacket. They each have a leg exposed wth circular marks on them (bites?)

'We are too busy to write' is written below the photograph.

On the reverse it is addressed to 'Mrs Philp / Lucknow Lodge / Hay St West / Perth' with the words 'Lest we forget' written along the left short edge. There is a red postage stamp with a swan. There is a date stamp which reads '3.30.P.22.NO.07.'

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2025.20

Item type

Material

Width

85 mm

Height or length

138 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Bamforth & Co., Publishers, Holmfirth and New York

Keywords

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Example of a postcard of the time.

Last modified

Monday, 17 November, 2025

Completeness

83

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