'Mother's a Red Cross Nurse and I'm starving!'
A British comic postcard
A bawling baby is depicted on the front of this postcard, above the caption ‘Mother’s a Red Cross Nurse and I’m starving!’. The printed text on the reverse states ‘“Ludgate” Series No. 250. British Manufacture.’ and ‘E. J. H&C’. The postcard has been stamped and franked, illegibly. A name and address have been written in black ink: ‘Miss I. Wildman / East Haddon. / Northamptonshire’. The message alongside reads: ‘Thanks for P. C. / Dear Isabel, / I have just got home safely. I am feeling a little better. I will send your book on. I shall be glad to see you back. Daisy sends her love. Fondest love from all / May xxx’.
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CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
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1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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