Photographic postcards, chiefly of Normandy and Scotland , c.1910-1967
Scope and Contents
Postcards with scenes of: /1-10a. victory celebrations in Paris at the end of World War I (1919); /11-54. France (Rouen, Caen, Falaise, Mont-Saint Michel, Dijon, and Bayeux); /55. Belgium (Dixmude); /55-99. Scotland (including Oban, Glen Etive, Benderloch, St Andrew’s Castle, Taynuilt, Inveraray, Inverness, Iona, Lochbuie, Island of Mull): /100-119. England (including Stanbridge Earls, Carisbrooke Castle, Lincoln, Ashley, and New Milton); /120-124. Palermo; /125. Boston; and /126-128. Temple of Heaven, Peking [Beijing].
Three are written on: /54. addressed to Oliver Gatty, 1924; /99. from Hester Sassoon to Miss White; and /118. [Hester Sassoon?].
Dates
- c.1910-1967
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 album(s) (129 photographic postcards (numbered 1-128 and 53a))
Creator
- From the Fonds: Sassoon, Siegfried Loraine, 1886-1967 (poet and author) (Person)
Repository Details
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