2035 HMS Hermes

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Type: Postcards
Place: Portsmouth, England; London, England
Materials: Ink, Paper
Collection: Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1
Accession number: 1986.0117.4848

Description

A postcard featuring a black and white photograph of a naval ship, and a message on the back. The ship has three funnels and a mast at each end. It has rows of portholes along the sides of the hull. A flag is flying from the second mast and may be a British ensign. At the bottom left of the postcard is the text "2035 H.M.S. HERMES". On the back the address is "Miss E. [---ter?] / 62, Margaret St. / London W.". The message reads "The paper you saw is / unfortunately correct. Am / leaving England for the East / Indies on 25th. / [signature]" The postcard has a postmark for Portsmouth dated January 13th 1906 and an English postage stamp.

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