Identity area
Reference code
PTA/2/4/2/124
Title
Postcard: The Polytechnic Chalets, Seeburg, Lucerne
Date(s)
- [1899] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 piece, Postcard
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(fl.1884-1965)
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Scope and content
Image on half of the front of the postcard, blue-tinged, shows the chalets in the foreground with the lake and Mount Pilatus in the distance. Used.
Inscribed on the front in pen: 'D[ea]r Edgar, I have not seen any stamps you enquired about, so send you a picture card, we are just off to Milan now. Kind regards to Mrs Newton. Yours faithfully, W O C Taylor'. On verso, addressed to Mr Edgar Newton, 15 Buckingham Road, Brighton, Sussex, England. Stamped and postmarked 2 May 1899.
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See also PTA/2/4/2/7.