Photographic postcard of a melon frame, Ruhleben internment camp, Germany

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Black and white photographic postcard of box frame containing six melons. Dimensions 13.8 (w) x 8.9 (h) cm. Printed inscription on recto, 'Ruhleben Horticultural Society. One of the melon frames. 'Sutton's Ringleader' weight 3¼lbs each', numbered 956, manuscript inscription on verso, 'From T. Howat'. Undated [1917; an identical image is dated 1917]

Image identical to RHS/Ruh/2/1/11, RHS/Ruh/2/1/13 and RHS/Ruh/2/1/14, with some cropping

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Printed inscription on recto, 'Ruhleben Horticultural Society. One of the melon frames. 'Sutton's Ringleader' weight 3¼lbs each', numbered 956, manuscript inscription on verso, 'From T. Howat'

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