Photographic postcard of a view of Ruhleben internment camp, Germany
Information
Title
Photographic postcard of a view of Ruhleben internment camp, Germany
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Ruh/2/1/61
Author or creator
Maker unidentified as at Apr 2014
Date
1917
Scope & content
Black and white photographic postcard of Ruhleben internment camp, fence in foreground with tennis game in progress behind it, groups of men beyond spectating. Dimensions 13.8 (w) x 8.9 (h) cm. Manuscript inscription on recto, ‘Ruhleben 1917. Prize bed on Prom. RHS market garden to left of photo’, numbered 1186, manuscript and stamped inscription on verso, ‘From Ruhleben Horticultural Society, Howat 5/13’, addressed to the RHS at Vincent Square
Image identical to RHS/Ruh/2/1/62, with differing inscriptions
Level
Item
Extent
1 photographic postcard
Physical description
13.8 (w) x 8.9 (h) cm. Silver gelatin. Photographic postcard. Black and white
Is part of
RHS archive: Ruhleben Horticultural Society archive