Antique 1907 Bamforth Postcard FIELDS ARE WHITE WITH DAISIES Edwardian Sailor for Sale

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Antique 1907 Bamforth Postcard FIELDS ARE WHITE WITH DAISIES Edwardian Sailor For Sale

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Antique 1907 Bamforth Postcard FIELDS ARE WHITE WITH DAISIES Edwardian Sailor:
$10.79

For your consideration is this antique postcard produced by Bamforth & Company and copyrighted in 1907. The backside has been personalized and bears a 1¢ Ben Franklin Stamp. The postcard art is a photograph of an Edwardian wedding to a sailor onboard a shipping vessel. The photo looks like a sepia toning photograph. Below the photo is a poem called "When The Fields Are White With Daisies. I." and reads as follows:I stood once in a harbour as a ship was going outOn a voyage to a port beyond the sea.And I watch'd a blue clad sailor as he said his lastFarewell to the lassie who loved him most tenderly;I saw the teardrops falling as the last "good-bye" was said,'Twas the sorrow of a parting all must learn;And I heard the sailor promise to the lassiee now in tears,"When the fields are white with daisies I'll return." Words by Permission of Arthur & CoThe postcard is a standard size measuring 5.5 inches long x 3.4 inches wide. It is in good overall condition.