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Belfast, Queen’s Bridge (Edwardian period?)

by Bruce Gaston • 15 June 2023
Oilettte Postcard of Belfast, Queen's Bridge

Oilettte Postcard of Belfast, Queen’s Bridge

An “oilette”* postcard from the Leonard A. Lauder collection of Raphael Tuck & Sons postcards (Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection) via https://archive.org/details/nby_LL7497

*Introduced in 1903, Oilettes were promoted by the company as “veritable miniature oil paintings.” See: https://publications.newberry.org/tuck/#/

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