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Post Cards - WH Series - Berlin Scott Monument and National Galleries Postcard with cut-out windows and moon to be held up to the light for effect. |
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Postcard
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The back of the postcard, with a very simple address
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Post Cards - WH Series - Berlin Edinburgh Castle, Scott Monument and National Galleries |
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The Postcard The card above is one of many produced by WH of Berlin. These cards all show buildings in Britain (and abroad?) with cut-out windows and moon, intended to be held up to the light for effect. This was a postcard from 1901, with an undivided back (where only the address was permitted on the back of the card, and the message (if any) had to be written on the front. |
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The View This view looks to the west along Princes Street, towards: - the Scott Monument - the National Galleries |
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Question |
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Cut-outs This early postcard above has over 150 small cut-outs. Cards produced a few years later had perhaps 30 or 40 cut-outs. How were the cut-outs made? They have the appearance of having been cut manually, but what a lot of work! ... and how much did the cards sell for? |
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Reply |
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Thank you to Phil Wilson of Aberdeen who sent the following comments: I agree with Phil's comments: |
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"I can't believe the hole-punching was done manually. The number of cards would have been prohibitive I think. It must have been done by something like an automated punching machine, perhaps an adapted sewing machine. I'm afraid, even in German, there's a distinct lack of information on this." Phil Wilson, Aberdeen, Scotland: January 8, 2006 |