The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This series contains greeting postcards embroidered with messages for mothers. As with the general greeting postcards flowers, such as roses (meaning love) and pansies (meaning 'you occupy my thoughts') dominate the images embroidered on the cards.
This series contains cards embroidered with messages for relatives such as fathers, aunts, brothers and children (mothers, wives and sisters are held in different series). As with the general greeting
This series contains cards with message for sisters. Flowers dominate the images used by the embroiderers. Particularly pansies (meaning 'you occupy my thoughts') and roses (love).
This series contains greeting, birthday and Christmas cards embroidered with messages for wives and sweethearts. The primary images are roses and pansies. All roses symbolize love, but certain colors
This series contains cards sent to friends and relatives with a general message of greeting. Typical images used were the swallow, the pansy (which was a very popular image in silk cards. Its popular
This series contains birthday cards sent by servicemen to relatives. As with the greeting cards, floral themes dominate the designs on the cards.
Embroidered silk postcard with a greeting card design. Features three butterflies and light blue flowers above the message 'To my dear mother.' The message 'Remembrance' is printed underneath. Small r
