'Seeing Daddy Off to the Front'
A British patriotic postcard
The photograph on the front of this postcard shows soldiers marching through a town accompanied by their loved ones. The soldier at the front is carrying a small girl in his arms; the boy by his side is holding his father’s cap. The scene is entitled ‘“Seeing Daddy Off to the Front.”’ ‘Copyright Farringdon Photo Co’ has been printed above the word ‘Front’. Typeset details on the reverse include ‘Post Card / Printed in Great Britain’ and ‘Valentine’s Series is a guarantee of British manufacture’.
Postcard
Front
CREATOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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