Artifact
On the Banks of the Nile, Egypt
Description
- Postcard showing a colourized photograph of palm trees along the banks of the Nile.
- Back of the postcard reads: "On the banks of the Nile. Dear Mother, your valentine received a thousand thanks have not time to write a letter before the boat leaves but will have one ready next time am in the best of health expect to be putting up rig in a week with love to all. Will."
- Postcard is addressed to Ellen Gillespie of Petrolia, Ontario
Background Information
- Part of a postcard collection belonging to William Gillespie who worked in the Dutch East Indies (modern South East Asia) in the 1920s.
Latitude: 30° 7' 50.466" N
Longitude: 31° 13' 39.54" E
Date
1909-1913
Dimensions
inches
Length:
3.5
Height:
5.5
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