item details
NameSouvenir card from Cape Town
ProductionUnknown; publisher; circa 1916; Cape Town
Classificationpicture postcards, greeting cards
Materialspaper, paper, printing ink, leaf
Materials Summarycolour postcard (greeting card format)
Techniquesphotomechanical processes, relief halftone
DimensionsOverall: 153mm (width), 230mm (height)
Registration NumberPS.003305
Credit lineGift of the McCredie family, 2012
Overview
This was a special souvenir of a soldier's journey to the Western Front. It was also a keepsake for his sweetheart. It was sent back to New Zealand by Percy Heenan, probably at the end of 1916.