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postcard
Object Type
postcard
Museum number
EPH-ME.7719
Description
Postcard; printed; monochrome photograph showing Quarantine Island, Aden.
Production date
1912
(postmarked)
Production place
Published in:
Aden
Materials
paper
Technique
printed
Dimensions
Height:
8.60 centimetres
Width:
13.60 centimetres
Curator's comments
Old card; postally used; no printed manufacturer's details; undivided back; postage stamp previously soaked off but postmark reads Aden, 22 July 1912. The card is an undivided back suggesting it was old stock. Although addressed there is no message on the front.
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair
Subjects
ill-health/injury
Associated names
Named in inscription:
James Martin
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Quarantine Island
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Alan Wyle
Acquisition date
2016
Department
Middle East
Registration number
EPH-ME.7719