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OBJECT TYPE: Photogravure
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0076.002

MANUFACTURER: Sweetman, E.A. & Son Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Tunbridge Wells, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 4
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: 9.0 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: Sweetman
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Tunbridge Wells

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 below picture reads: "ZIG-ZAG PATH, EAST CLIFF, BOURNEMOUTH"; printed lettering on back reads: "Your [pounds sterling symbol] s.d./ will make men/ free./ POST/CARD/ [logo] A SWEETMAN/ PUBLICATION/ Printed in/ England/ Solograph Series De Luxe Photogravure/ Published by E.A. SWEETMAN & SON, Ltd., Tunbridge Wells"; lettering hand written in ink on back reads: "Zig Azg path again./ Pier was blown up at X because/ of invasion fear./ Very nice beach - very/crowded now [illeg.]. - It has/all been de-mined."
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w picture on front face; dark brown printed text & logo on back; lettering hand written in black ink on back.
Decoration: b + w landscape image on front face; rising sun logo on back.

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Sweetman, E.A. & Son Ltd., Postcard, circa 1944, Artifact no. 2010.0076, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0076.002/

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