Postcard — photograph
Record status
Individual type · partial
Postcard — photograph is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum's brief description reads: Black and white postcard with a serrated edge showing a children's party..
Museum description: Black and white postcard of a number of children in costumes sitting around a table. Only the address is written on the other side in ink. The museum record gives material recorded as card; measurements Width 13.1 cm; Height 8.5 cm. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Historical context
Black and white postcard with a serated edge, showing a children's party. The children are wearing a variety of costumes, and many of them are wearing hats. Given to the museum as part of the Pascoe collection of photographs, photography albums, school reports, exercise books and paintings.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- card
- Dimensions
- Width 13.1 cm; Height 8.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Printed postcard
Identification
- Museum object name
- Postcard
- Museum object number
- B.96-2012
- Museum system number
- O1256544
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.