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White lily studio photograph, Bellingham, WA, 1934

Subjects
Artist SignedChristianityEaster
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1934 (Linen)
Front of White lily studio photograph, Bellingham, WA, 1934, Mr. and Mrs. Jamm, and family, USA, c. 1934 real photo postcard
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Back of White lily studio photograph, Bellingham, WA, 1934, Mr. and Mrs. Jamm, and family, USA, c. 1934 real photo postcard
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About this postcard

A studio photograph of a white lily in full bloom, its recurved petals marked with dark speckles and rising from a fan of narrow dark leaves. A second blossom is blurred at the left, and the image is signed "Sandison" in the negative at the lower right. The card carried an Easter invitation to a Sunday school program at 7:30 on Easter Sunday at West Advent Christian Church, at the corner of Broadway (written "Bdway" on the card) and Halleck in Bellingham, Washington. The lily's long association with Easter suited the message, and the program reflects the ordinary social life of a neighborhood congregation in the 1930s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Welcoming you and your friends to a Sunday School Program 7:30 P.M. Easter Sunday West Advent Christian Church Cor. Bdway + Halleck Program Com.

PublisherSandison
Sandison --- POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
PostmarkedBellingham, WA, March 29, 1934, 10:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. and Mrs. Jamm, and family

2118 J [illegible] City

Postcard record

Postmarked, Bellingham, WA
PublisherSandison
ConditionGood
Place addressedMr. and Mrs. Jamm, and family, 2118 J [illegible], City
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
NotesSepia-toned photographic print with a glossy surface; photographer's signature "Sandison" in the negative at lower right; faint, illegible pencil scribbles at upper left; light edge wear and a small chip at the right edge. Postmark: BELLINGHAM, WASH. MAR 29 10-AM 1934 — divided-back AZO real-photo card (AZO stamp box with flanking squares, ca. 1926–1940s); 1-cent Franklin stamp; message in blue ink, light edge wear and a few ink smudges.

Cite this card

White lily studio photograph, Bellingham, WA, 1934, postcard, c. 1934. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/white-lily-studio-photograph-bellingham-wa-1934. Accessed November 2, 2026.