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POSTCARD: DENNIS, BIRTHDAY COUPLE KISSING IN HEART

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1909

Overview

Horizontal cream postcard with a central image od a couple kissinin in a pale pink heart with a black outline. The woman (left) has her long brown hari pulled back in an elaborate updo. The man (right) has short hair and is wearing a white button up with a high collar and a black jacket. They both have their eyes open.

The reverse has a cursive hand written message adressed to Lillian Philp from Jim Dennis which reads: 'To Lil / From Jim / On her twenty second birthday / Jim rolls on and we never know, / What events may occur in a year. / We never thought on your last birthday. / That we should to each other be dear. / Let us hope as the years pass over our heads, / and the present we leave in the rear; / That love and affection and confidence too, / Will keep drawing us ever more near, / and so in the present may we look with a smile, / and the future without any fear.' It is dated '17:10:09' along the top edge.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2025.108

Item type

Material

Width

139 mm

Height or length

91 mm

Inscriptions and markings

'Pictoral Comedy' Post Cards Copyright James Henderson & Sons, London.

Keywords

DENNIS (nee Philp), Lillian

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Postcard sent to Lillian Philp by Jim Dennis for her 22nd birthday, a year after they met. They would go on to marry the following year.

Last modified

Monday, 1 December, 2025

Completeness

83

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