Postcard
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1918
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0897.001
- MANUFACTURER
- C. & Co.
- MODEL
- RAF/ J. W. Watts
- LOCATION
- Grange Mills, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- 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
- 8.6 cm
- Width
- 11.5 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
- C
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Grange Mills
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Signed February 25, 1918 and postmarked February 27, 1918
- Canada
-
James Walter Watts was born in 1893, and worked in the Customs Office before the war. During the war, he was an observer with the RAF and seemed to have belonged to the No. 7 O.S.A., and then might have been a pilot. Written by James Walter Watts to his wife at 25 Gough Ave., Toronto Ontario, Canada - Function
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Post card used during WWI and issued by the military. Post cards had printed statements from which the soldier crossed out the ones that didn't apply and left the one statement that corresponded to his situation. The post cards were heavily censored and only the date and signature were permitted. Post cards were used in the Front Lines as a quick way for the soldiers to write home. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Postmarked side, handwritten address reads: "Mrs. J. Watts Sr./ 25 Gough Ave./ Toronto Ont./ Canada"/ Round postmark, upper right hand corner reads: "ARMY POST OFFICE/ R.II"/ Print, centre of post mark reads: "+/ 27 FE/ 18"/ Upper part of post card reads: "FIELD/ [seal]/ SERVICE/ POST CARD."/ Upper left corner: "A.F.A. 2042./ 114[/] GEN. NO. [/] 5248."/ Left hand side reads: "The address/ only to be writ-/ten on this side./ If anything else/ is added the/ post card will/ be destroyed."/ Written below: "[Crown Copyright Reserved.]"/ See digital image for other side of post card
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Yellowed card stock with black print
- Decoration
- N/A
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C. & Co., Postcard, circa 1918, Artifact no. 1997.0897, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0897.001/
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