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Description: | This Christmas postcard is addressed to Master Walter Mawley who lived at 9 Handley Road, South Hackney, E6. It was sent from his Auntie Rae. The clown was a popular motif on Christmas cards as he was the successor to the jester in medieval society. He became part of the Christmas pantomime that was a favourite children?s treat in the Edwardian period. The postcard is either published or printed by Davidson Brothers who were based at 9 Jewin Street, EC and 27 Edmunds Buildings EC, London. It bears the postmark 24.12.1909. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Geffrye Museum | Rights holder: | Geffrye Museum | Subjects: | work Leisure | Temporal: | 1905-1909 | Source: | Geffrye Museum | Creator: | Davidson Bros | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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