Details

Title

Soldier and religious verse postcard

Author

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.

Collection

L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.

Donor

Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.

Call Number(s)

942 SI Military image postcard

Abstract

A postcard, bearing a handwritten message in L.M. Montgomery's handwriting, "With the Season's greetings from the Manse folks, Xmas 1919". The addressee is Ms. L.M. McKnight of Uxbridge, Ontario. The front of the card bears a colourized photographic image of a soldier, in British First World War-era officer's uniform, with his arms raised and looking heavenwards; this is superimposed on a stylized depiction of golden light flowing from a white cross above. Another colourized image at right appears to show soldiers lying on a field, though the scale of reproduction makes any subject matter unclear. Above this image, "Trust in the Lord" is printed in ornate script, and the opening verses of the hymn, "Lead Kindly Light" are printed below. "Bamforth Copyright" is printed at lower left in small type: Bamforth and Company was a UK-based postcard publisher, known chiefly for its "naughty" cards, but it also produced a more reverential series, featuring soldiers and religious verse, during the First World War.