Yale Center for British Art

Title:

A bonnet blue, wi' wishes true, frae : Oban.

Published / Created:

Dundee; and London : Valentine & Sons, Ltd., [approximately 1914]

Physical Description:

1 postcard : color illustration ; 90 x 140 mm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA690.O2 B66 1914 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Postcards

Notes:

Novelty postcard. Blue cap with movable flap that when raised reveals a folded paper with views of Oban.

"A bonnet blue I send to you from Bonnie Scotland's strand contained within it you may view some beauties of the land."

"Regd. No. 582,699."

"753"

"Printed paper mailing novelty. Shape passed by the G.P.O. for printed paper postage rate."

Verso blank.

Contents:

Dunollie Castle -- Iona Cathedral and St. Oran's Chapel -- Oban from S.W. -- Oban.

Subject Terms:

Oban (Scotland) -- Pictorial works. | Souvenirs (Keepsakes) | Keepsakes -- Scotland -- Oban -- 1914. | Hats.

Form/Genre:

Accordion fold format (Binding). | Flaps. | Postcards. | Photogravures. | Photomechanical prints -- 1914.

Contributors:

Valentine & Sons, publisher.