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posted on 2024-02-23, 23:00 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

It was common to have an 'Autograph Book', not used as they are today, but family / friends would add paintings etc.


Editor's Comment:
Red cloth cover with flowers: 'Autographs'; embossed in gold: 'Willie'. Contains: Watercolour painting of field, initialled J.T. 1915 Cartoon of spinster surveying news stand: 'Latest War News- | Daily Pail Latest War News | Kitchener Gets Half a Million Men in a Month | Official', with caption underneath: 'Lar! And Here I've tried for Thirty Years and Can't Get One!'. Signed G. C. Evans, 18/5/15. Song: 'Longue est la route de Tipperary' [It's a Long way to Tipperary]. Signed A. Seymour, Le 4. Octobre 1915. Pen drawing, soldier with Pickelhauben hanging from bayonet. Captioned: 'A Busy Day'. Signed E. G. Hodder, 4/3/1915.

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Subject

Unknown

Date

March - October 1915

Date Created

04/03/1915

Temporal Coverage

04/10/1915

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Type

Autograph book

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Number of Pages

5

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Lewis Trickey

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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    Keywords

    Great War ArchiveWorld War OneAutograph books

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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