dc.coverage.temporal | 1914-1918 | en |
dc.creator | Spurgin, Fred | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-05T16:28:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-03-05T16:28:13Z | |
dc.date.created | 1917-02-09 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-03-05 | |
dc.identifier.other | Location of the original: consult with Collections Manager | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/129039 | |
dc.description | TRANSCRIPTION; MESSAGE: Darling I am [illegible] on my way down to Southampton. I left Padd soon after four I trust you are well little one, do try and cheer up, I am feeling a little better. God bless you Darling. All my Love [and] Kissses Fred x x x x x x x x; SENT TO: Miss Kitty Blyth; Pheonix House; New London Rd; Chelmsford; Essex | en |
dc.description.abstract | (Color) Ornate lettering of a love poem accompanies an image of a soldier thinking of a young woman, presumably "back home." The postcard writer (Fred) writes on the front "Farewell Try to cheer up little girl x x x x x." The British, green stamp cost halfpenny and the card is postmarked at Southampton, a 9 P.M., on February 9, 1917. The card was sent to Kitty from Fred during his travels. | en |
dc.format.extent | 3 1/2 x 5 7/16 in. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Art and Humour Publishing Co. (London (Europe, United Kingdom, England, Greater London)) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | WWI Postcard Collection, Ragan Military Collection | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | The "A & H" " Vision" Series No. 176 | |
dc.rights | No copyright - Non-commercial use only; for more information see: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ | en |
dc.subject | World War (1914-1918) | en |
dc.subject | Soldiers | en |
dc.subject | Thought and thinking | en |
dc.title | Absent yet Near | en |
dc.type | Image | en |
dc.type.genre | Postcards | en |
dc.type.genre | Personal correspondence | en |
dc.type.material | StillImage | en |
dc.publisher.digital | Cushing Memorial Library and Archives | |
local.details | This collection previously belonged to Dominic Hibberd, an English biographer most noted for the biographies of Wilfred Owen and Harold Monro, World War I poets. He collected these postcards for research purposes. | |