Guide to the Silk Postcard Collection. Summary. Title: Silk Postcard Collection. Date range of collection: 1. Extent - Space occupied: 5. Extent - Number of items: 1. Repository: Australian War Memorial. Location: Published Collections, Research Centre, Australian War Memorial. Abstract: The Australian War Memorial has a collection of over 9. First World War, 1. The majority of the collection are embroidered postcards. Administrative Information. Provenance: Silk Postcards have been collected since the 1. Accruals: The collection continues to be updated. Access: Open. The collection is accessible in the Research Centre Reading Room on the lower ground floor of the Memorial during the Reading Room opening hours. The opening hours are Monday to Friday from 1. Saturdays from 1pm to 5pm. The Reading Room is closed on Sundays and ACT public holidays. Researches can contact the Research Centre to plan a visit. To access the collection the user will need to register as a client and agree to the Reading Room’s conditions of use. To contact the Information Services department or to make an appointment to visit the Reading Room call 0. Restrictions on use and reproduction: For copying and copyright enquiries contact the Senior Curator, Published and Digitised Collections. Preferred citation: . The early cards were woven on machines. Being machine made, the woven cards always maintained a high standard. Embroidered silk postcards were first made in 1. Paris Exposition. The popularity of silk postcards peaked during the First World War 1. A thriving cottage industry began around 1. However later, to satisfy demand, the workmanship was often not quite as high. Postcard companies began to employ women to produce silks on a rough assembly line basis. The cards were generally hand embroidered on strips of silk mesh with as many as 2. They were mostly embroidered by French women in their homes and then sent to the factories for cutting and mounting on postcards. Some postcards were made with little envelopes which could contain a smaller card with a sentimental message. Production continued steadily through World War I, declining substantially in 1. An estimated 1. 0,0. Several themes became popular. The main themes were: Remembrance. Liberty. Unity. Souvenirs of France and Belgium. Souvenirs of the war. Regimental badges and crests. In the 1. 93. 0s and during the Second World War, machine made cards were produced which were simpler and plainer and with less variations. They never gained the popularity of their WW1 predecessors. References: John Laffin , World War I in postcards (Alan Sutton: Gloucester,1. C. Radley , The silk postcard . Postcards: Essex,1. Scope and Content. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() David Chiang; Chinese name. It is located along the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui. In 1966, WNEW-FM adopted an 'all-girls' MOR format that included air personalities Alison Steele. WNEW-FM still had guts in those days - ten years later. 1966: Anna (Go To Him) Friday, 22 March, 1963: Another Girl: Friday, 6 August. I thought it might be fun to take a photographic tour of the Toronto of the 1960s. View from the observation deck of City Hall 1966. Using the collection: This collection consists fifty- one postcard albums. There are twenty- nine series within this collection; the first twelve series are arranged by theme, and seventeen series are collections relating to individuals. Within each series, items have been given running numbers, rather than being organised chronologically. Series List: Series 1: Australian Themes, 1. Description: French made silk postcards with Australian themes, such as rising sun badges, the Australian flag (usually the Blue Ensign), Australian flora and fauna and Australian patriotic messages. Item number. Title/Description.
Album. 10/1/1. Australian Commonwealth Military Force. Envelope design, with small card with message . Envelope style with small embossed card with message . Sent home to Australia during the Second World War. Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with a small card with a picture of a soldier and woman and the message . Deffrene, Paris 1. This series is a collection of images of destruction in French towns and villages. The Memorial holds 4 of the approximately 6. The buildings are woven in shades of grey, with the backgrounds and flames in shades of red and pink. Edition Gabriel, Paris produced similar cards but the images on these cards were printed on silk, not woven. The Memorial holds one 'Edition Gabriel' card. The printed cards have the monogram 'GE' printed on them and the image on the printed card is not as sharp as the woven Deffrene cards. On the back of the Edition Gabriel card a soldier wrote . ![]() Statue of the Madonna with child hanging precariously from the broken tower of Albert Basilica. Statue of the Madonna with child hanging precariously from the broken tower of Albert Basilica. To Home from Alf, France, Sept, 2. Housed with original envelope. Typical images used were the swallow, the pansy (which was a very popular image in silk cards. Its popular meaning at the time was 'you occupy my thoughts'), roses (love) and forget me nots (meaning true love, memories). Horseshoes and four leaf clovers were also popular as symbols of good luck. Remembrance was a very important aspect of these cards, many having the legends . Envelope design with two small cards, one with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with a small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message 'To my dear Mother. Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design (flap only, bottom half missing). Union Jack, White Ensign and crown. This was from a greeting card, which has had it's back torn off. Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . The card is made of cloth. Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with a small card with the message . The surrounding card has a pink ribbon attached and the printed message . Opens to a purple insert with the message . Small card insert with message . The message on reverse begins as . Small card insert with message . Small card insert with message . Comes with addressed envelope. Includes a small insert with the message 'A Kiss from France'. Includes a small insert with the message 'My Love is for You'. A second embroidered message reads . A second embroidered message reads . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Small card insert with message Souvenir de Glorieuse Memoire 1. Good luck to you. Small card insert with message Glorieux Souvenir 1. I'm thinking of you. Includes a small card with message . Includes insert card . Includes insert card . Inside envelope is a small card with allied flags reading . Thistle on left of card. Plastic card with painted landscape and extruded aircraft. Plastic card with painted text and fabric purple flower. Small card inside envelope with message . Message written inside by P J Ormonde. Message on reverse to 'Dear Mother'. Table of contents. Series 4: Greetings to relatives, 1. Description: Greeting cards embroidered with messages for relatives such as fathers, aunts, brothers and children (mothers, wives and sisters are held in different series). As with the general greeting cards, swallows, pansies (meaning 'you occupy my thoughts'), roses (love) and forget me nots (meaning true love, memories) were popular. In some cases more masculine images, such as anchors and flags were used for cards addressed to . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope style with a small card with a picture of a woman leaning over a basket of flowers and the message . Envelope style with a small card with the message . Envelope style with a small card with a picture of a soldier in a trench writing a letter while an angel holds his rifle and the message . Envelope style with a small card with pictures of the allied flags and the message . Envelope style with a small card with the message . A second embroidered message reads . All roses symbolize love, but certain colors of roses can take on special meanings. The most common colours used were red and pink. Red roses generally represented love. Pink roses generally represented gratitude, appreciation, and admiration. The popular meaning of pansies was 'you occupy my thoughts'Item number. Title/Description. Album. 10/5/1. To my dear Wife. Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . Small card with message . Envelope design featuring corners of the French flag and Union Jack. Top flap is detailed with flowers and two flags. Two other flags are located on the bottom half of the envelope. Album 1. 11. 0/5/2. To My Dear Sweetheart. Top flap is detailed with flowers and holding female and male hands in front of Union Jack. On verso addressed to Miss A. Plastic card with painted flower stem and fabric bloom. Features pink and purple flowers within a brown frame. On verso, is written 'To Ronnie'. On verso, is written 'To May from Herby'. As with the general greeting postcards flowers, such as roses (meaning love) and pansies (meaning 'you occupy my thoughts') dominate the images embroidered on the cards. Item number. Title/Description. Album. 10/6/1. To My Dear Mother From your loving Son. Envelope design with small card with message . Envelope design with small card with message . 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