Photographic postcard of a melon frame, Ruhleben internment camp, Germany
Information
Title
Photographic postcard of a melon frame, Ruhleben internment camp, Germany
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Ruh/2/1/14
Author or creator
Maker unidentified as at Apr 2014
Date
1917
Scope & content
Black and white photographic postcard of box frame containing six melons. Dimensions 23 (w) x 16.8 (h) cm. Printed inscription along the side of the frame, ‘Ruhleben Horticultural Society. One of the melon frames. ‘Sutton’s Ringleader’ weight 3¼lbs each’ and manuscript inscription ‘1917’, numbered 956, manuscript inscription on verso, ‘From T. Howat 5/13’
Image identical to RHS/Ruh/2/1/11, RHS/Ruh/2/1/12 and RHS/Ruh/2/1/13, with some cropping
Level
Item
Extent
1 photographic postcard
Physical description
23 (w) x 16.8 (h) cm. Silver gelatin. Photographic postcard. Black and white
Is part of
RHS archive: Ruhleben Horticultural Society archive