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Object name(s):
postcard; card
Brief description:
Postcard: printed postcard of SHERINGHAM HOTEL, printed by B.A.Watts.
Collection:
Sheringham Museum
Acquisition date:
Date - earliest / single:
2013
Acquisition method:
untraced find
Associated concept:
Working Life
Associated concept:
Hotels and catering
Associated concept:
Other tourist and short stay accommodation
Associated date:
1898
Associated place:
Sheringham
Place name:
Sheringham Hotel
Dimension:
height
Dimension measured part:
postcard
Dimension value:
89 mm
Dimension:
width
Dimension measured part:
postcard
Dimension value:
138 mm
Inscription content:
SHERINGHAM HOTEL
Inscription content:
The Lodge Lower Sheringham, Norfolk
Inscription content:
Dear Louis delighted with your letter so glad the W went off alright. I thought about them all having grand weather down here I am nearly coolkd so hot. I am looking quite B & fat hoping you all are well n. e. with love
Inscription content:
Mrs Eldenfield 59 Hungerford Road, Camden Road, Holloway. London
Material:
card
Number of objects:
1
Object component name:
postcard
Object component information:
card
Object history note:
Sheringham Hotel
Object name:
postcard; card
Object number:
SHMMT: 2019.129.8
Object production date:
1906
Date - period:
1900s
Object production note:
Printed for Bertram A. Watts, Sheringham. The card has printed in red on the reverse left hand side; 'B. A. Watts Series, Sheringham.'
Object production person:
B. A. Watts
Person's association:
maker
Object production place:
Church Street
Place status:
Street
Object production place:
Bertram Watts, Stationers
Object production place:
Norfolk
Place status:
County
Object production place:
Sheringham
Physical description:
Postcard: monochrome photographic postcard of the 'SHERINGHAM HOTEL', it shows the Golf Links caddies playing golf with the hotel in the background.
Physical description:
The reverse has the following text: POST CARD PRINTED IN ENGLAND, B. A. Watts Series, Sheringham, postmarked Sheringham 06. In black ink is handwritten the following: 'The Lodge Lower Sheringham, Norfolk, Dear Louis delighted with your letter so glad the W went off alright. I thought about them all having grand weather down here I am nearly cooked so hot. I am looking quite B & fat hoping you all are well n. e. with love
Physical description:
addressed to: Mrs Eldenfield 59 Hungerford Road, Camden Road, Holloway. London
Physical description:
See associated Information file on the Grand Hotel, Research Room Filing Cabinet.
Responsible department/section:
social history
Technique:
printed

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d3d5954c-6979-387d-b896-71c7fad2e63e

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d3d5954c-6979-387d-b896-71c7fad2e63e, Sheringham Museum, CC 0

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