A Scottish soldier and his family photographed in Leith
Pictured on the front of this real photographic postcard are two boys, their mother and their soldier–father, who is holding a swagger stick; the details of the cap badge on his Glengarry are not discernible. The name and address of the studio in which they were photograph are printed on the back: ‘J. R. COLTART, Dalmeny Street, Leith in Scotland’.
A real photographic postcard
A photograph of a Scottish soldier and his family
Photograph
Front
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
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