A British sentimental postcard headed 'You know | dear Daddy | I don't forget'.
A British sentimental postcard.
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
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INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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‘You know | dear Daddy | I don’t forget.'
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Described as a ‘MIDGET MESSAGE CARD’, further printed information on the back of this card, which is far smaller than a postcard, includes the following details: ‘Presented with “The Red Letter.”’ / ‘From’; ‘The Address only to be written here’ / ‘To’; and ‘For Halfpenny Postage Sender’s Name and Address only allowed.’ Two elements make up the composite image on the front: firstly, a photograph of a small girl with her hands held together in prayer, looking towards, secondly, an inset head-and-shoulders portrait of a British soldier. Printed across the lower third of the card is the following verse: ‘You know, dear Daddy, I don’t forget / And I pray for you every day. / And God will bless you I know, but yet / I’d rather you’d not stay away. / You know, dear Daddy, we’re thinking of you / Always, wherever you be. / And we always know that you’re brave and true / Just the same as Mamma and me.’ Along the bottom are the words ‘Copyright’ and ‘Wanderer’, while ‘No. 10’ can be seen in the bottom right-hand corner. || A British sentimental postcard.
‘I never Forget You | Daddy’
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‘I never Forget You, Daddy’, is the title of this postcard, which depicts a boy gazing intently at a photograph of a British army officer. The verse below reads, ‘Sometimes when I’m on my lonesome, I could a’most fink I saw / My own Daddy, talking to me, ’stead of fighting in the war ; / P’raps it’s what my Mum calls day-dreams––says she sees him now and then, / Wish I wasn’t just a-dreaming, and my Dad was here again.’. ‘Madeleine St. Clair.’ And ‘Bamforth copyright’ have been printed across the bottom. The typeset details on the reverse state ‘Bamforth & Co., Ltd., Publishers Holmfirth (England) and New York / ‘Patriot’ Series No. 1095 Printed in England.’. The postcard has been franked ‘EPSOM in Surrey 7.15 PM 19 MAR 1916’. It has been addressed in black ink to ‘Master R. W. A. G. Gibbons / Croxton / Brocklesby / Lincs’. Dated ’19.3.16.’., the message reads, ‘My Darling Geo, What do you think of this card, is that what you do? Love and Kisses from your affect Daddy. xx’. || A British sentimental postcard || || Front || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard
'Look after my Daddy' | a British sentimental postcard.
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The touching scene on the front of this postcard is the work of Josephine M Duddles, whose name can be seen on the bedspread on which a small girl is depicted kneeling, her hands joined in prayer. The text beneath her reads, ‘PLEASE GOD, LOOK AFTER MY DADDY AND BRING HIM HOME SOON’. The printed matter on the reverse includes the following details: ‘The REGENT Series, No. 2409. Printed in England. / The Regent Publishing Co., Ltd., London, N.W.’. || A British sentimental postcard. || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard, entitled 'Please God, look after my Daddy'.