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Object name(s):
Postcard
Brief description:
Postcard with a sepia photograph from the Greer's Real Photo Series showing the lytch gate in Long Lawford (probably for St. John's Church) The image shows a covered gateway with a pitched roof and two waist-height wooden gates. At the bottom is written in white: 'Lytch gate, Long Lawford'. On the back the card is addressed to Miss A.L. Loydall, Villa Dunedin, Tor Church Road, Torquay. It is post-marked Aug 16 1924 and has a red penny stamp with the head of the King. The message reads: 'Dear Auntie Aissie' Thank you very much for the postcards you have sent me. Grandpa liked the ponies, and I am minding him very nicely. I should like to have tea in the fields with you again. With lots of big kisses from little Joyce.'
Collection:
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
Associated concept:
Ephemera - Communication
Associated concept:
Photograph - Religion
Object name:
Postcard
Object number:
1999.539.38
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
16/08/1924
Date - latest:
16/08/1924
Date - period:
20th Century
Date - period:
1920s
Responsible department/section:
Photograph Collection

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/15d202e4-8ac9-3156-bd12-8f547146e7c9

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/15d202e4-8ac9-3156-bd12-8f547146e7c9, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, CC BY-NC

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