This is a card from 1905 sent by an aunt to her 4 year old niece. For some reason she brings out a point about the Duke of Devonshire, whose property id shown on the front of the card.
This card presented some challenges because the address on the card could best be described as approximate and marriage of the recipient took place overseas in Iran.
This is another is a series of cards relating to the Wrathall family of Lancaster. This one was posted in 1916.
This card from 1916 is memorable for two things. The picture shows fantastic period detail, and the recipient, Harold Ryan, went on to marry someone called Alpha Omega Little.
This card an "arrived safely" text with a comment about a 10 minute delay. Is a 10 minute delay unusual in 1909?
This card from 1907 is one of seven in the collection that were sent to and kept by the Wrathall family of Lanacster. It features the picture of an actress called Marian Lindsey of who there is hardly any trace of the internet.
This is another card, featuring a portrait of a stage actress, sent to a member of the Wrathall family. This one is from 1904. Perhaps this was part of a collection.
This is one of a series of cards sent to members of the Wrathall family in Skerton, Lancaster. This one is from 1914 and is Ada Wrathall to her mother-in-law Emily.
These cards are remarkably similar weather reports for Walthamstow and Manor Park in early February 1906.
This is a simple weather report for Newcastle-Upon-Tyne posted in May 1907.
This card was posted in 1909 and enquires as to whether a 9 year old boy had finished painting a greenhouse. Is that fair?
There have been some problems in tracing this family. The Grannie who sent the card is called Mary Elizabeth Lewis but that is her married name and it has not been possible to find out her married name.
This card, sent to Guernsey in 1907, is full of jokes about cold remedies and advice about croquet violence.
This card from 1908 takes us into the worlds of dry soap and cardboard box manufacture.
This 1907 card starts out as "arrived safely" but then turns into something else.
Postcards sent during WWI are often tinged with sadness and this is no exception. But I wonder what happened to Wilf's mother's hat.
This 1904 card is a simple "arrived safely" message from mother to son (today it would be a text), although there are apparently some things to sort out which we are not told about.
This 1947 card was a publicity piece sent by a film studio in California to a 14 year old girl in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Another curious unused postcard. It is a publicity card, produced in Great Britain, for the American comedian and actor Eddie Bracken (1915-2002). On the back someone has been keeping a record of some of his shows and films, but not all.
A couple of football related blank cards have been added to the Blank Cards Gallery. No idea of date or identity. The team shot also has some curious letters and numbers on the back.
This is a simple Easter card from 1917.
This card from 1909 is one of three in the collection sent to Margaret Jane Simpson nee Lambert in the Kendal area. It has been returned, along with the others, to its rightful owner.
