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'Doing his little bit'

Artist Harold C Earnshaw signed his name under the scene that fills the front of this postcard. He has depicted a boy scout pulling a tethered Zeppelin with his right hand and leading a tied-together trio of German soldiers with his left hand. The scene is captioned ‘Doing His Little Bit.’. Typeset details on the reverse include: ‘Valentine’s Series’ and ‘Valentine’s Series is a guarantee of British manufacture’.
A British patriotic postcard

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The Army Children Archive

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eng

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Europeana 1914-1918

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Creator

Harold C Earnshaw

Source

UGC

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europeana19141918:agent/b0832ad8d02ff5dc31543255daf157f5

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Story

Language

eng
English

Country

Europe

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Europeana 1914-1918

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Europeana 1914-1918

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2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU

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mul

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The Army Children Archive | europeana19141918:agent/b0832ad8d02ff5dc31543255daf157f5

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2019-09-11T08:50:51.359Z
2020-02-25T08:58:08.287Z
2020-02-25T08:58:08.288Z
2018-04-24 13:57:02 UTC
2018-04-24 13:57:42 UTC

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INTERNET

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/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_21582

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