'Pack up your Troubles in your Old Kit Bag and Smile'
The artist responsible for the scene the front of this postcard may have incorporated his or her initials into the open suitcase. A girl is shown putting a toy German soldier into it; behind her is a blackboard. The caption above reads, ‘“Pack up your Troubles in your Old Kit Bag and Smile.”’. The printed details on the back include ‘“NATIONAL” SERIES.’ And ‘M. &. L., Ltd., G / 727’. Postmarked ‘LOCKINGTON’, the postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Miss Taylor, / c/o Mr Dunn, / 9 Oakwell ? / Grove Hill / Middlesbrough then in the North Riding of Yorkshire’. The message reads, ‘Lockington / Dear Tot?, / Thanks for PCs you sent. We were pleased to hear from you. Harold will be answering his when he as sic time. We have got started to lead. The weather is grand now. I hope it will keep like this a bit. Give my love to all. Mother’s wrist is a little better. / With love Susan ?’.
A British sentimental postcard
Postcard
Front
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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