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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: FROM LILLIAN DENNIS, LETTER AND ENVELOPE WITH FLOWERS

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Overview

Horizontal metalic silver postcard with an image of a cream letter and a bunch of blue flowers coming out of a cream envelope. The letter and envelope are outlined in metallic glitter paint. The letter has printed on it 'Dear ___/ Just a few Lines / From ___' in curly type. 'Kenneth' is written above and right of the 'Dear' in glitter paint. 'Lillian' is handetiten in black ink after the 'From'.

The reverse has a hand written messave in cursive black ink which reads: 'Darling wishing / you many happy / returns of the day / 5th Oct love from Lillian'. Below towards the left corner is a handwritten word which seems to say 'wife'?

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2025.107

Item type

Material

Width

138 mm

Height or length

89 mm

Inscriptions and markings

SERIES NO. 13 BB. LONDON. PRINTED IN SAXONY

Keywords

DENNIS (nee Philp), Lillian

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

PHILP, Kenneth Norman

Statement of significance

Postcard sent by Lillian Dennis to her brother Kenneth, presumably for his birthday.

Last modified

Thursday, 17 July, 2025

Completeness

72

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