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Dutch Girl Holding a Model Ship

1905 / Creator Unknown

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A postcard featuring a drawing in blue ink of a young girl in Dutch clothing holding a model ship. A handwritten note on the front reads "Your P.C. received also nice letter containing check. Am much obliged for both. Was rejoiced to hear that your ship had come home at last. Here is another loaded with best wishes for prosperity. May it arrive at your port heavily laden. E.W.G. June 25, 1905." The postcard is addressed to Mr. H.C. Barnabee, 225 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. and is postmarked from Boston, Mass. on June 25, 1905.

~ “Dutch Girl Holding a Model Ship,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3792.

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Title

Dutch Girl Holding a Model Ship

Description

A postcard featuring a drawing in blue ink of a young girl in Dutch clothing holding a model ship. A handwritten note on the front reads "Your P.C. received also nice letter containing check. Am much obliged for both. Was rejoiced to hear that your ship had come home at last. Here is another loaded with best wishes for prosperity. May it arrive at your port heavily laden. E.W.G. June 25, 1905." The postcard is addressed to Mr. H.C. Barnabee, 225 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. and is postmarked from Boston, Mass. on June 25, 1905.

Source

Henry Clay Barnabee Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Date

1905

Format

JPG derived from TIF

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.081