Postcard

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Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : White, Blue, Green, Yellow, Red, Black ; Ht: 5 1/2 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
Date
1919
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : White, Blue, Green, Yellow, Red, Black ; Ht: 5 1/2 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1919
Physical Condition
fragile
Language
Yiddish
German
Polish
Notes
One page, double-sided. Hand-colored recto, B&W verso. Image on front of postcard shows 3 pale blue eggs with a gold egg in the center. Largest blue egg is positioned vertically with the Austrian coat of arms on it. A rifle is drawn diagonally over the eggs, with 3 blue flowers over it. Inscription in red ink at top right corner, diagonal red stripe under diagonal black stripe at top left corner. Verso contains handwritten text in Yiddish (see translation in inscription). Item is a New Year's Card from Peshe Weitochow.
Accession No.
1990.33.02
Name Access
Allister, Ida
Places
Austria, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Less detail