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1899 postcard with the first line in Czech (Hej Slované ještě naše slovanská řeč žije!) and views of several Slav cities "Hey, Slavs" is a patriotic song dedicated to the Slavs and widely considered to be the Pan-Slavic anthem. It was adapted and adopted as the national anthem of various Slavic-speaking nations, movements and ...
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Example of a court card, postmarked 1899, showing Robert Burns and his cottage and monument in Ayr. Court card or court sized card was the name given to a size of picture postcard, mainly used in the United Kingdom, which were approximately 4.75 x 3.5 inches and predates the standard size of 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Example of a court card, postmarked 1899, showing Robert Burns and his cottage and monument in Ayr Postcard depicting people boarding a train at the Shawnee Depot in Colorado, late 1800s. A postcard or post card is a piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically rectangular, intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. Non ...
Raphael Tuck & Sons was a business started by Raphael Tuck and his wife in Bishopsgate in the City of London in October 1866, [1] selling pictures and greeting cards, and eventually selling postcards, which was their most successful line. Their business was one of the best known in the "postcard boom" of the late 1890s and early 1900s.
Purger & Co. was active at least during the period 1899-1920 and produced postcards from all around Europe and the Mediterranean basin in photo-chromolithography. [8] [9] The postcards of Purger & Co. were numbered initially at the bottom of the postcard's face, but later (possibly after 1905) on the reverse side. [10]
When the Boer War started in 1899, Smith and Majestic were called upon to transport troops to Cape Colony. Two trips were made to South Africa, one in December 1899 and one in February 1900, both without incident. Charles Lightoller served as a deck officer under Smith during this period. Postcard of Majestic, after her 1902 refit
Arthur Edward Jeune Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914) was an English cricketer and soldier.He held, for 116 years, the record of highest score in cricket: as a 13-year-old schoolboy, he scored 628 not out over four afternoons in June 1899. [1]