A child is shown praying on the front of this photographic postcard, beneath an inset portrait of a soldier. Printed to the soldier’s left is the following verse: ‘Thoughts of Daddy. / I think of you dear Daddy, / Through all the long, long days, / And for your quick and safe return / Your little Girlie prays.’. The printed information on the back reads: ‘All British Production’, ‘Series No 497-1’, and ‘Printed in England’. A childish hand has filled the blank space on the back with the following message, headed ‘Feb. 26. 15.’: ‘Dear Daddy x, I am writing you a little postcard asking you if you are quite well as it leaves me at the presetren sic. Mother as sic had another bad cold and had to go to bed early, and I say it is time you shouht sic be home Daddy x, Ernie x and Alfred x had sic been a sic good boys. Now I will closes sic with loving kisses. XX for x luck XX xxxxx / xxxxx From your loving daughter, Violet xxxxxx / xxxxx / xxxxxxxxxxxxX Daddy X xxxxxxxxxxxx’. || A British sentimental postcard, with a message written in 1915.

A British sentimental and patriotic postcard || A boy is depicted on the front of this postcard, hands in his pockets as he gazes at a framed photograph of a British soldier hanging on the wall. Entitled ‘I Loves my Dad’, the verse below reads, ‘Dat’s my Daddy’s picture, an’ I’m feeling awful proud, / ’Cos my Dad’s a soldier, where the guns are firing loud ; / Guess he’s awful brave an’ fine, an’ fights the whole long day, / So’s to keep us safe an’ sound, an’ drive all harm away.’. ‘Madeleine St Clair’, the name of the verse’s composer, appears at the bottom. The typeset information on the reverse includes ‘Bamforth & Co., Ltd., Publishers Holmfirth (England) and New York. / “Patriot” Series. No. 1081. Printed in England.’. The postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Pte J W Damms / 16611 / D Company / 3rd Linc Regt/ Harold St School / Grimsby’. The message reads, ‘To Dear Daddy with love from Leslie who misses you very much and wishes you was at home so good bye from your little son’. The postcard is franked ‘Bos no doubt the remainder would say ‘Boston’, in Lincolnshire 11.30AM 19 OC 17’. || || A British sentimental and patriotic postcard || Postcard || Front

A British real photographic postcard || The central figure of this posed scene is a bespectacled mother, who is steadying the small child seated on the table beside her. The child is in turn holding a photograph whose subject is a British soldier. His or her older sister stands behind their mother, gazing at the photograph. ‘My Daddy’ has been inscribed along the bottom. There is nothing on the reverse of this real photographic postcard to identify the family, or the photographic studio in which they are pictured. || || Front || A British real photographic postcard