Photographic Postcard
dated 1937 (made)
Sepia photographic postcard of landscape proportions, showing the
donor's cousin Peter John Elmes (born 25/02/1931) as a boy, on the
beach at Westgate (presumably Westgate on Sea, Kent): he wears shorts
and a white shirt, and is sitting in the middle of a hole in banked-up
sand which resembles a fortification. The card is inscribed "from
Peter at Westgate 1937".
donor's cousin Peter John Elmes (born 25/02/1931) as a boy, on the
beach at Westgate (presumably Westgate on Sea, Kent): he wears shorts
and a white shirt, and is sitting in the middle of a hole in banked-up
sand which resembles a fortification. The card is inscribed "from
Peter at Westgate 1937".
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Photographic paper |
| Brief description | Photographic postcard; British, dated 1937 |
| Physical description | Sepia photographic postcard of landscape proportions, showing the donor's cousin Peter John Elmes (born 25/02/1931) as a boy, on the beach at Westgate (presumably Westgate on Sea, Kent): he wears shorts and a white shirt, and is sitting in the middle of a hole in banked-up sand which resembles a fortification. The card is inscribed "from Peter at Westgate 1937". |
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| Credit line | Given by Mary Kempson |
| Object history | References: The print shows the donor's cousin Peter John Elmes (born 25/02/1931). |
| Production | Britain |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.354-1994 |
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| Record created | April 19, 2000 |
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