[Postcard] Thora (4)

Accession Number RC11570.011
Collection number Postcard Collection (British postcards 1914-1918) 11/6/4
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 14 cm x 9 cm
Object type Postcard
Maker Bamforth and co. Ltd., Publishers
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London, Ealing
Date made 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright. Non-commercial use permitted.
Description

Colour postcard showing a man mourning by a grave that reads 'In Loving Memory of Thora'. Thora is shown in a vignette above the mourner. At the bottom of the postcard are printed the lyrics for the song 'Thora'. This was a popular song during the First World War period that was written by Frederic Edward Weatherly and Stephen Adams, pseudonym for Michael Maybrick. This postcard was published as number 4779/4 in the Bamforth song series.

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