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‘We’re keeping a light in the window for you.’
A postcard sent by a British soldier to his daughter
The name of the artist who created the image on the front of this postcard – ‘Donald McGill’ – can be read to the left of the stile on which a girl is depicted standing, her head in her hands. A cottage can be seen in the background, with an upper window lit up by a light inside. The caption below reads, ‘We’re keeping a light in the window for you.’, with the French equivalent appearing below, ‘T…
Contributors
- The Army Children Archive
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- Lucy
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Contributors
- The Army Children Archive
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- Lucy
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2015-11-18 08:20:05 UTC
- 2015-11-18
- 2015-11-18
Places
- Surbiton
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 20189
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/20189
Language
- English
- Français
- fra
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:15:32.168Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z