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Cynicus Publishing Company Ltd :To [from] an Auckland bachelor. If you had one to share your joys, your woes would lighten too / Cynicus. Copyright the Cynicus Publishing Co., Ltd., Tayport, Fife [No] 6335 [ca 1909]
- Date
- 1909
- By
- Cynicus Publishing Company Ltd; Anderson, Martin, 1854-1932
- Reference
- Eph-A-HUMOUR-1909-01
- Description
Postcard shows a solitary man kneeling at his hearth, blowing air on to a fire which will boil the kettle above it. The heels of his socks are worn. A plaque on the wall reads: "What is home without another".
The printed words: "To an Auckland bachelor" have been changed to read: "From an Auckland bachelor"
The handwritten message from "NW" on the verso reads: "Tuesday Nov 2nd 1909. Hope you are having a good time down there, & having better weather than we are for it has been raining & blowing ever since you left. How was the port-hole, & don't whistle till the morning. Remember me to all the rest. Tell Mum everything in the garden is lovely".
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Relief print on card, 140 x 89 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Relief prints, Postcards, Humorous pictures, Relief print on card, 140 x 89 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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