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
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. 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’
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