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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: BIRTHDAY, LILLIAN DENNNIS 50TH CARD FROM JIM DENNIS

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1937

Overview

Horizontal postcard with image od a villafe with two roses in the foreground, one red and one pink. There is a sepia scroll in the top right conrer which reads 'Bringing my / Best Wishes / for / Birthday / Happiness' in cursive white font. In the bottom left corner there is a white panel which reads: 'These hearty wishes / gaily come / Your Birthday morn to greet, / May you be always happy dear, / And find life ever sweet.' There is a glossy white embossed floral boarder around the image.

The reverse has a cursive message handwritten in black ink across the whole surface which reads: 'To My Wife on her 50th Birthday Oct 7th, 1937 / The years are passing for me and for you, / and still trhough them all I am loving and true, / More than half your life you have been by my side, / and I more than any your goodness have tried. / Its 19 years since I sent my first rhyme, / and I've conned the custom for all that time. / You're now 50 and working with vigour and zest, / But I hope when you're 60 you'll sit back and rest. / Thus hand in hand through life we go, / Through varied paths of joy and woe. / We'll keep our love not let it cease; / Until we rest in perfect Peace. / From you true and loving Husband Jim'

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2025.71

Item type

Material

Width

138 mm

Height or length

91 mm

Inscriptions and markings

W.B. 'Academy' Series London

Keywords

DENNIS (nee Philp), Lillian

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Sent by Jim Dennis to his wife Lillian Dennis for her 50th birthday on 7-10-1937

Last modified

Thursday, 17 July, 2025

Completeness

83

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