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Thursday 29 December 2011
Little Alfred - the Saddest of Notes
When going through the box of funerary treasure, I discovered this small scrap of paper bearing the sad words of a parent who had lost a child. It is very touching.
A New Memorial
This cabinet card shows the newly installed Memorial to Hitchen who died in 1913. Look how pristine it is. I can see a tall industrial chimney in the background.
Wednesday 21 December 2011
Poignant Souvenir
Wherever the Royal Navy based itself abroad, there was always an enterprising photographer who produced souvenir photographs for sale to sailors. Until the 1920s, Cabinet Cards were the preferred format - a thin photograph mounted on card. Quite often they were a real work of art.
This photograph commemorates the death of Stoker Walter Cochrane of HMS Minotaur who died in 1910. Wei Hai Wei was a town in China that was leased as a British Colony from 1898 to 1930.
This photograph commemorates the death of Stoker Walter Cochrane of HMS Minotaur who died in 1910. Wei Hai Wei was a town in China that was leased as a British Colony from 1898 to 1930.
HMS Minotaur was the Royal Navy's flagship on the China Station |
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