IMAGE
Bell, William Frederick, 1896-1920 :Aotearoa. [Greetings card. 1917].
- Date
- 1917
- By
- Bell, William Frederick, 1895-1920
- Reference
- Eph-A-CARDS-Christmas-WWI-1917-01
- Description
Shows New Zealand soldier sitting on the ground resting on a milestone which reads: "France to New Zealand 13,000 miles". Behind him at the right is a bombed building, but he contemplates the central panel wherein the smoke of his pipe has formed the word "AOTEAROA" combined with a map of New Zealand.
Printed as a Christmas greeting card for soldiers in France to send home.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W F Bell
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on Christmas greetings card 1917..
Physical Description: Photolithograph, on folded card 180 x 135 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: File print and colour transparency in Ephemera Room. Digital copy scanned from original in January 2005.
- 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 photo-mechanical print(s) on Christmas greetings card 1917., Ephemera, Photolithographs, Christmas cards, Photolithograph, on folded card 180 x 135 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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