IMAGE
Postcard. Christmas greetings. Hands across the sea. NZ Postcard published by Frank Duncan & Co., High St., Auckland. [1917]
- Date
- 1917
- By
- Frank Duncan and Company
- Reference
- Eph-A-CARDS-Christmas-WWI-1917-02
- Description
Postcard shows a central image of the hands of a man and woman clasped in a handshake; this circular image is ringed with a decorative Maori motif. At the left is a map of "somewhere in France", and at the right is a map of New Zealand, a cabbage tree and a farmhouse. There is a verse which reads: "For England, home and beauty / For Christmas and for you, / With heart and hands across the sea / Here comes my greeting true.
The verso has a handwritten message to Harry, from Tom in Foxton, 24 September 1917; he hopes Harry will be home to look after the farm soon.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 91 x 140 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Scanned from original. File print in Ephemera Room
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Christmas cards sent during the First World War, from soldiers and other service personnel. 1917-1918]
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Chromolithographs, Postcards, Christmas cards, Chromolithograph on card, 91 x 140 mm.
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