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OBJECT TYPE: Souvenir
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0073.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Edinburgh The Castle and National Gallery
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
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: 14.2 cm
Width: 8.2 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945).
Canada: Collectively, this collection provides a window into some of the more personal aspects of wartime service life for the average Airman, including how he spent his leave.
Function: Souvenir.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Caption under picture reads: "Edinburgh The Castle and National Gallery"; printed lettering on back near top reads: "POST CARD/THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE"; lettering hand written in ink on back reads: "These are the only post cards I could buy./They aren't very good. It shows how/the castle is built up on a big/rock".
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w drawing on front face; green printed lettering & black hand written lettering on back.
Decoration: Reproduction of a drawing of the National Gallery (foreground) & Edinburgh Castle (on rocky outcrop in background) on front face.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Postcard, circa 1944, Artifact no. 2010.0073, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0073.001/

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