Letter, souvenir

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0070.001

MANUFACTURER: R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Edinburgh: Six Views in Black Series 1
LOCATION: London E.C.4, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Paper.

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.0 cm
Width: 8.7 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: RA
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London E.C.4

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); likely acquired while Mr. McBride was stationed in England ca. 1943-1944.
Canada: Collectively, this collection provides a window into some of the more personal aspects of wartime service life for the average Airman, including how he spent his leave.
Function: For sending written communications by post; contains 6 souvenir b + w photographs; kept by Mr. McBride as a souvenir.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering on outside face (when folded for posting) reads: "SOUVENIR LETTER/OF/EDINGURGH/Printed/in/England/SIX VIEWS IN BLACK SERIES 1/With address and signature only and flap tucked in, postage 1d./With writing and flap tucked in, postage 2 1/2 d./To MRS. ROY McBRIDE/6 GEORGE STREET/ST CATHARINES ONTARIO/From R.173107 [???] McBRIDE RB RCAF Overseas/THE R.A. PUBLISHING Co. LTD. LONDON, E.C.4"; lettering on flap on back reads: "RA SERIES/THE SEAL OF ARTISTIC/EXCELLENCE"; pictures are captioned; cover (sender & destination) filled out & contains a hand written letter inside.
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w photographic images, black printed text & lettering hand written in black ink on white background.
Decoration: 6 streetscape photographic images of significant sites in Edinburgh.

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R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd., Letter, souvenir, circa 1943, Artifact no. 2010.0070, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0070.001/

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