“Let ’em all come.”
A British postcard posted in 1917.
‘“Let ’em all come.”’ are the words printed beneath the photograph of a flag-waving child sitting on a Union Jack-draped cannon on the front of a postcard posted from Derby, Derbyshire, in 1917, according to the postmark. The printed details on the reverse state, ‘Published by Solomon Bros. Ltd., Graphic House, New North Road, London.’, ‘SB SERIES’ and ‘Series No. 110’. The postcard is addressed to ‘Miss H V Nash, / c/o Mrs Adams, 212 Kettering Rd, / Northampton’, and the handwritten message reads: ‘Dear ?, Just a line to let you know you are not forgotten by old Steve at home. Sorry I have not written before but have not had time. Hope this will find you quite clear from chill-blains. From Steve.’
A British postcard posted in 1917
Home Front
Postcard
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
1917
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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