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EPHEMERA

Title
The Electric Tram is Coming
Object Name
Postcard
Date Made
1906
1906
Place Made
Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description
Used pictorial postcard depicting the introduction of electric trams in Belfast, 1906, marked 'Greetings from Belfast' consisting of two humorous coloured sketches, one entitled 'Let them get out first'. Features crowned Irish harp with slogan 'Erin go Brag.' Posted in Belfast in 1908 to Miss Blanche Elliot, Erne House, Bellek, Co. Fermanagh.
Materials
paper
Place Collected

Catalogue Number
BELUM.W2012.25
Copyright
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