Object number
201408.5.5
Title
Christmas Greetings Airgraph
Description
A Christmas greetings airgraph. At the top in the centre there is a black box with the recipients' address 'MASTER ALISTAIR. J. BENNIE. 72. KILPATRICK GDNS. CLARKSTON. GLASGOW'. Below the box there is a number '136156' and to the right of the box there is a Father Christmas hanging onto a V, holding a sack. Above Father Chritmas it says 'Corr:64.' To the left of the box there is an arrow and it says ' The address should be written as large as possible in BLOCK letters wholly within this Panel. The address should NOT be Typewritten'. In the next section down it has the senders name and address 'MAJOR. J. BENNIE. S.E.A. BASE A.P.O. Date X. MAS. 1944'. Below this there is a black bordered box with a picture of a sweating man in a vest top, sitting on a trunk in a room. There is a window showing a palm tree and a Taj Mahal like building. There is a wireless with a speech bubble saying 'AND THE SNOW LADY ROUND ABOUT'. In the speech bubble there are musical notes. In the picture there is a message saying 'TO ALISTAIR FROM DADDY'. Below the cartoon it says ' R.A.F. Postal Services and R.A.F Welfare'. At the bottom there is a text that relates to the sending of airgraphs.
Date
1944 - 1944
Production period
World War Two, India, 1939-1945
Dimensions