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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0579.024

MANUFACTURER: Tuck, Raphael & Sons Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 24
Total Parts: 26
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: card stock

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 14.0 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Tuck
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this postcard stamped Feb. 3, 1943
Canada: Unknown
Function: correspondence sent home to mother by airman on active service
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering printed on back reads: "Copyright, London/BOURNEMOUTH./Printed in England/Raphael Tuck & Sons OLLETTE Postcard No. 3018./ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN, AND TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES./By Appointment/TUCK'S POST CAR[DS?]/CARTE POSTALE/BOURNEMOUTH, The Central Gardens./This view of the Central Pleasure Gardens/faces the Square, in the heart of Bournemouth,/and is characteristic of a thousand acres of/public parks and Gardens which beautify the/Borough throughout its confines."; postal stamp reads: "OTTAWA [illeg.]/ONT./FEB/3/1943"; postmark stamp [illeg.]; ink stamp reads: "[crown]/PASSED/P.216"; mailing address hand written in ink reads: "Mrs. J.[?] Demers,208 Hinchey Ave./Ottawa/Canada"; hand written message reads: "Chérie/Rien qu'un mot pour te/dire que je/jense a toi/tous les jours/Jean"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour picture
Decoration: colour picture of the Central Gardens in Bournemouth; Royal coat-of-arms on back; Raphael Tuck & Sons business logo; two 1d postage stamps show profile of King George VI, Tudor crown & UK national symbols

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