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Photograph of Archibald Dickson wearing his cadet uniform and cap. © National Museums Scotland
Photograph of Archibald Dickson wearing his cadet uniform and cap, taken before joining the Royal Naval College, Osborne, aged 12. Professional studio portrait photographs were common reminders kept by families separated by war. These might be taken at home before people departed on active service, or were taken in photographers’ studios overseas, away from the front line, and sent home as postcar…
Contributors
- Jo Sohn-Rethel
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- World War I
Type of item
- Photograph
- Photograph
Date
- 1912
- 1912
- 1912
Contributors
- Jo Sohn-Rethel
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- World War I
Type of item
- Photograph
- Photograph
Date
- 1912
- 1912
- 1912
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2015-09-22 11:36:57 UTC
- 2015-09-22
- 2015-09-22
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/511663acf81a9bfe72a92378422142dc
Places
- Naval Warfare
- europeana19141918:place/4311096003f02390412119f69687d787
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 228555
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/20123/attachments/228555
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Year
- 1912
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:41:49.633Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
Table of contents
- Photograph of Archibald Dickson wearing his cadet uniform and cap, taken before joining the Royal Naval College, Osborne, aged 12. Professional studio portrait photographs were common reminders kept by families separated by war. These might be taken at home before people departed on active service, or were taken in photographers’ studios overseas, away from the front line, and sent home as postcards. They were often preserved after the war as family mementoes.