Photographic postcard of one of the flower beds at Ruhleben internment camp, Germany
Information
Title
Photographic postcard of one of the flower beds at Ruhleben internment camp, Germany
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Ruh/2/1/33
Author or creator
Maker unidentified as at Apr 2014
Date
Aug 1917
Scope & content
Black and white photographic postcard of a man standing in front of a flower bed along a fence at Ruhleben, a view of the camp behind. Dimensions 13.8 (w) x 8.9 (h) cm. Printed inscription on recto, ‘Ruhleben Horticultural Society. Flower Bed N.5 on the Promenade. (First Prize) August 1917’, numbered 1120, manuscript inscriptions on verso, ‘From Howat 5/13’ and ‘Public Gardens Competition’, addressed to the RHS at Vincent Square
Image identical to RHS/Ruh/2/1/34, with some cropping
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