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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: WATERFALL, 'TO MY DEAR WIFE'

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1931

Overview

Vertical postcard with a colourised photograph of a small winding waterfall, which flows gently over rocks. There is a poem in a white frame at the top in curly font which reads: 'Dearest partner of my life, / Here I send a greeting, / That all luck and hapiness, / This Birthday you'll be meeting.' Below in larger white text reads: 'To my Dear Wife' with two decorative underlines. The card has a white decorative floral border.

The card is addressed 'To my dear wife on her 44th Birthday 14 Oct / 1931'. Sent by Mr Jim Dennis to his wife Lillian for her 44th birthday.

The reverse has a handwritten poem in black cursive writing which reads: 'No in our Home to you I turn, / You gladden still my loving eyes, / and give me love; and so I learn / that here on Earth is my Paradise. / The shortening years shall come and go, / and fortune's tide shall ebb & flow; / But you make sweet the years to be, / and no truer friend I'll ever see. / and so its settled evenly, / I love you as much as you do me'.

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cwa-org-43-2025.182

Item type

Material

Width

89 mm

Height or length

139 mm

Keywords

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

DENNIS (nee Philp), Lillian

Year

Statement of significance

Example of postcard of the era. Sent by Mr Jim Dennis to his wife Lillian for her 44th birthday.

Last modified

Thursday, 17 July, 2025

Completeness

83

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