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OBJECT TYPE: Souvenir
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0074.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Edinburgh The Palace of Holyroodhouse
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 Palace of Holyroodhouse"; 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: "This is Holyrood Palace where Mary/Queen of Scots stayed. lord Darnley/was also there. I went through/her rooms. also Lord Darnley's./At the left is a ruined chapel./That high hill at x is Arthur's Seat/I went up to the top one day./quite a climb."
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 Palace at Holyrood on front face.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Postcard, circa 1944, Artifact no. 2010.0074, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0074.001/

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