Russian Revolution. 5 real photo postcards
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Very good condition. Probably private snapshots made into postcards, rather than company shots. The 5 cards show various aspects of the Revolution. 4 of the 5 postcards are stamped "Post Card Correspondence, Address, Place Stamp Here" are signed "Phil" on the verso, lower right corner.
The descriptions are "Phil's" notations on the back- 'Bolshevik prisoners being loaded in train inland' - a long train of boxcars, with people jumping on, two men in the foreground watching from an opposite track, numbered 763 in the lower right of the image; 'Warden transport coming into the docks last winter' - the deck of this boat is heavily iced over, numbered 283 lower right corner; 'Train leaving Vladivostok' -a large steam engine in a station, numbered 740 in the lower right of the image; 'Plowing by russian woman inland' - a plowed field, woman and horse drawn plow in background, numbered 766 bottom right; a picture of a military parade in a street, with buildings behind, and large posters in Russian visible on the right, card numbered 537 lower right. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2" postally unused.
The descriptions are "Phil's" notations on the back- 'Bolshevik prisoners being loaded in train inland' - a long train of boxcars, with people jumping on, two men in the foreground watching from an opposite track, numbered 763 in the lower right of the image; 'Warden transport coming into the docks last winter' - the deck of this boat is heavily iced over, numbered 283 lower right corner; 'Train leaving Vladivostok' -a large steam engine in a station, numbered 740 in the lower right of the image; 'Plowing by russian woman inland' - a plowed field, woman and horse drawn plow in background, numbered 766 bottom right; a picture of a military parade in a street, with buildings behind, and large posters in Russian visible on the right, card numbered 537 lower right. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2" postally unused.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13339
- Title
- Russian Revolution. 5 real photo postcards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Bookseller catalogs
- RUSSIA; POSTCARDS; EPHEMERA;
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About the Seller
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
Biblio member since 2009
Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.