| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000056 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3376 8/3 Part 4 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 38 |
| Object type | Postcard |
| Physical description | 74 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Various Birdwood, Lydia Joan |
| Place made | India, United Kingdom |
| Date made | 1902-1919 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Postcards collected by Lydia Joan Birdwood between 1902 and 1919
Birdwood, Lord William Riddell (Field Marshal, b.1865 - d.1951)
- Series 8: Personal correspondence, 1912-1918
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Description
This album of postcards contains 38 postcards that were collected by Lydia Joan Birdwood. Joan Birdwood was Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood’s niece. The postcards are addressed to various recipients, including members of Birdwood’s immediate and extended family, between 1902 and 1919. One postcard of note was sent to Birdwood by Lieutenant Colonel Horace Clowes Brinsmead about the signing of the Versailles Peace Treaty.
The following postcards and their associated postmark date are included in this album:
Postcard depicting Loch Eil & Fort William, 8 September 1904
Postcard depicting Craighall, Blairgowrie, 3 September 1906
Postcard depicting Edinburgh Castle & Ross Fountain, 13 September 1902
Postcard depicting Brodick Bay, Arran, 2 January 1906
Postcard depicting Kingussie from South, 1 September 1902
Postcard depicting Holyrood from Calton Hill, 30 November 1902
Postcard depicting Drumnadrochit Bridge- Glen Urquhart, 20 August 1904
Postcard depicting Ruthven Castle, 19 September 1902
Postcard depicting the Highland Railway, 21 August 1902
Postcard depicting the Giant's Causeway, 1 April 1903
Postcard titled "A Fanad Man Bringing Home Turf, Portsalon, Donegal, 6 August 1903
Postcard titled "On the golf links", Portsman, Donegal, 6 August 1903
Postcard depicting Rope Bridge, Carrick-a-Rede, 8 March 1903
Postcard depicting Malabar Hill, Bombay, 4 March 1904
Postcard depicting Chenar Bagh Kashmir, 24 September 1905
Postcard depicting the entrance gate of the Taj Mahal, 26 December 1904
Postcard depicting 152 Murree from Pindi Point, 24 September 1905
Postcard depicting the view from the Bazaar, Simla, 4 June 1903
Postcard depicting the view from Boat Club, Poona, n.d
Postcard depicting the Kutub Minar, Delhi, 39 Aoril 1903
Postcard depicting Bombay from Malabar Hill, 8 December 1902
Postcard depicting a group of the Maharaja's elephants, 24 March 1904
Postcard depicting a view of Simla, 19 February 1903
Postcard depicting Palm Avenue, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, 25 April 1903
Postcard depicting the Bathing Ghat at Calcutta, 31 March 1903
Postcard depicting Christ Church, Simla, 22 January 1903
Postcard depicting the Taj Mahal, Agra, 11 March 1903
Postcard depicting a scene on the Hooghly, showing the High Court Calcutta, 19 March 1903
Postcard of General Sir W. R. Birdwood, n.d.
Postcard depicting the Versailles Congress, 28 June 1919
Postcard depicting Jutogh, 29 January 1903
Postcard depicting the Burning Ghat, Benares, 4 September 1902
Postcard depicting Calcutta, 25 December 1902
Postcard depicting the Palace of the Wind, Jeypore, 24 March 1904
Postcard depicting old armour in Lahore Fort, 8 December 1903
Postcard depicting Grub Aus, 3 August 1903
Postcard depicting Murren- Hotel Alpenruh und Blick auf die Alpen, 3 August 1905
Postcard depicting a panorama of Vienna, n.d.