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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1939–1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0579.026

MANUFACTURER: Mansell, A. Vivian & Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 26
Total Parts: 26
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: card stock

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 14.0 cm
Width: 8.9 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Mansell
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this postcard stamped Feb. 3, 1943
Canada: Unknown
Function: correspondence sent home to mother by airman on active service
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering printed on back reads: "THE CHILDREN'S CORNER./(AND BAND STAND)/BOURNEMOUTH/E.W. HASLEMUST R.I., R.S.A.,/A VIVIAN MANSELL & CO. LTD. FINE ART PUBLISHERS, LONDON/Copyright Printed in England series 2139/Post card/TheVIVIAN/MANSELL/SERIES"; POSTMARK READS: "BOURNEMOUTH [illeg.]/3 45 PM/illeg. /1943"; postal stamp reads: "OTTAWA M.P.O. 304/ONT./FEB/3/1943"; ink stamp reads: "[crown]/PASSED/P.216"; mailing address hand written in ink reads: "MRS J.[?] Demers/208 HINchey Ave./Ottawa/Can."; message hand written in ink reads: "Bonjour chérie/Les choses sont/asswz bien idi./Je me fais a/la place. As-tu/reçu les fleurs/pour ta fete?/Jean"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour picture
Decoration: colour picture of the Children's Corner & Band stand in Bournemouth; two 1d postage stamps show profile of King George VI, Tudor crown & UK national symbols

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Mansell, A. Vivian & Co. Ltd., Postcard, between 1939–1945, Artifact no. 1993.0579, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0579.026/

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