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Image illustrating the first verse of the song "When the fields are white with daisies", it depicts a sailor and his sweetheart as he leaves port. The verse of the poem is below. It has no message or postmark.
Part of a series of four by Bamforth &…

Image of woman praying at a small table, which has a photograph of a young girl and a shrouded lamp on it. Below it is a verse of the poem "Thy Will be done", part of a series of three cards by Bamforth & Co. It has no message or postmark.

Two people photographed at the Telephone Exchange

Image of a young woman dressed in black bending over a small child on a bier surrounded by white roses and daisies, a shrouded lamp in the background. Possibly a young mother grieving her child. There is a verse from the poem "Thy Will be done"…

Four people at an event at Penzance Telephone Exchange. There are cards on the desk behind them,

Image of a young boy and girl holding hands, possibly Hansel and Gretel, standing by a shrine. The boy is holding a basket of apples. The card is embossed and decorated with silver glitter with the caption "Glad thoughts".
It has no message or…

Three people drinking wine at a social event at the Exchange. The man is Mr. Doug Stone.

Postcard of pink flowers with a quotation from the New Testament "Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. John.6.37." It is part of the Valentine's Series by Souvenir Postcards.
It has no message or postmark.

People gathered at a social event

A caricature of a woman in traditional clothing accompanied by a tall, suited black man wearing a red fez and carrying a briefcase. Two men, one a sailor, one a Scotsman in a kilt look their way. The caption is "Step this way, miss". It is signed V.…

Two men talking at an event at the Telephone Exchange. The man on the right is looking at cards on a desk and the one on the right has a camera around his neck.

Presentation of flowers to a young woman finishing work at Penzance Telephone Exchange

Market House at night

A postcard from Fred Phillips' war album, assembled from postcards and photos he collected during his service in Palestine and Egypt during WW1.

On the back is written:
"This a very busy street and no military traffic is allowed through it.
I…

Market House at night

Market House at Night

A postcard from Fred Phillips' war album, assembled from postcards and photos he collected during his service in Palestine and Egypt during WW1.

On the back is written:
"I do go down this street every day to the post office it is a very long…

The Egyptian House, Chapel Street

The Regal Cinema

The Regal Cinema Penzance.

A former Baptist chapel built in 1836 and later converted into a cinema. Converted into the Picturedrome on 5th December 1910 by Robert Thomas Cinemas Ltd.
British Talking Pictures sound was installed in the…