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'From your own little girl!/De ta petite fillette chérie!'

Agnes Richardson portrayed a small girl penning a letter to ‘My Dear Daddy’ on the front of this postcard, entitled ‘“From your own little girl!”’ in English, and ‘“. . . De ta petite fillette chérie!”’ in French. The postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Miss Audrey Thomas, ‘Eventide’ / Torquay Road, Paignton, S. Devon / Angleterre’. Headed ‘France / 12/9/17’, the message reads, ‘Another picture letter for my dear little Audrey – with heaps of love and kisses from Dadda. xx’. ‘Dadda’ has also written ‘xx’ in the stamp box. Typeset text on the back states, ‘Inter-Art Co., Florence House, Barnes, London, S.W. / “ARTISTIQUE” Series. No. 1601. British Manufacture Throughout.’.
A British sentimental 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

Agnes Richardson

Source

UGC

Contributor

europeana19141918:agent/b0832ad8d02ff5dc31543255daf157f5

Date

1917-09-12

Type

Story

Language

eng
fra
Français
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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1917-09-12

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1917-09-12

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mul

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Benjamin Thomas | europeana19141918:agent/076354700bf19ac5c86498541ceb07b6
Audrey Thomas | europeana19141918:agent/30878dd4d6b846012ef884081dae5978
The Army Children Archive | europeana19141918:agent/b0832ad8d02ff5dc31543255daf157f5

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2019-09-11T08:41:39.527Z
2020-02-25T08:48:28.433Z
2017-09-04 10:25:52 UTC
2017-09-04 10:26:44 UTC

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INTERNET

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