Telegram envelope with Dover stamp and faint handwriting, March 26, 1916.
Date:
1916-03-26
Description:
Front and verso of a telegraph envelope. Writing can be seen faintly on both sides of the envelope.
Physical Description:
text.telegram.black and white 9.2 x 12.7 cm
Language:
English

is Part Of:
Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series C (Correspondence) -- Sub-Series C/D (Correspondence, domestic)
Publisher:
Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
Citation:
Telegram envelope with Dover stamp and faint handwriting, March 26, 1916. [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series C (Correspondence) -- Sub-Series C/D (Correspondence, domestic) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved March 29, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9528
Rights:
This material has been made available with the consent of the copyright holders and can be used in accordance with fair dealing provisions of Canadian copyright law. For more information, please contact the Osler Library of the History of Medicine.
Creator:
Waterlow and Sons.
Notes:
On one side of the envelope is printed "TELEGRAM;. NO [CH]ARGE FOR DELIVERY."

Handwriting can faintly be seen, and indicates the recipient of the telegraph: "W.G. Penfield / Sussex Survivor / Military Hospital".

On the verso side there is a Dover post office stamp across the envelope seal. It is dated in the upper right hand corner with the date "26MR16". Along the seal of the envelope is printed "Waterlow & sons limited, London Wall."

Faint handwriting can been seen along the bottom edge of the verso side of the envelope but is indistinguishable.

Call Number:
D-C/D 21-2/1