‘A real good night this time’
The name of the photographic studio or publisher that produced this postcard is absent from the back. On the front, posed in a studio setting, is a British sergeant and his family. The soldier is holding his youngest son, who appears to be addressing him, while the boy’s older brother and candle-holding mother look on. The captions above and below read, ‘A real good night this time’ and ‘“Daddy” don’t let the Germans come’.
A British sentimental postcard
Postcard
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CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
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INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
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