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'I want to say good-night to Daddy.'

The photographic scene on the front of this postcard shows a mother tucking her daughter into bed for the night. The girl is apparently saying to her mother the words printed below: ‘I WANT TO SAY GOOD-NIGHT TO DADDY.’. A photograph inset above them shows British soldiers manning a field gun. The text printed on the reverse states ‘BAMFORTH & CO. LTD., PUBLISHERS HOLMFIRTH (ENGLAND) AND NEW YORK. / “PATRIOT” SERIES NO. 1042 PRINTED IN ENGLAND.’.
A British sentimental postcard.

A British sentimental postcard: 'I want to say good-night to Daddy'.
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The Army Children Archive

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LANGUAGE

eng

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1

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Europeana 1914-1918

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UGC

Contributor

europeana19141918:agent/b0832ad8d02ff5dc31543255daf157f5

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Story

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eng
English

Country

Europe

DataProvider

Europeana 1914-1918

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Europeana 1914-1918

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2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU

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mul

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The Army Children Archive | europeana19141918:agent/b0832ad8d02ff5dc31543255daf157f5

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2019-09-11T08:23:05.575Z
2020-02-25T08:25:25.563Z
2015-04-21 13:14:04 UTC
2015-04-21 13:15:14 UTC

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INTERNET

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/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_19761

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