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Postcard. Whales Stranded in Mount's Bay

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Title Postcard. Whales Stranded in Mount's Bay
Description Postcard. 138mm x 90mm. No postmark, stamp, address or message. Stamped into the image are the words Gibson and Sons, Penzance and Scilly Isles. Sepia photo of whales stranded at Long Rock on July 1st 1911. In the background can be made out Penzance and Paul Church.
Item URL https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/items/show/16793
Date 1911
Reference JDCP 477
Collection James Downing Collection
Community archive Morrab Photo Archive
Format Postcard
Subject

Holiday

Level Item
Creator 1911

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