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Stamped envelope approximately 12.5 cm x 9.9 cm addressed to Dr A R Wallace, Parkstone, Dorset, postmarked Bradford 2 Sep 1900 and annotated on the front in A. R. Wallace's hand "Kelly's photos of Corfe View." Place: Parkstone Dorset England Notes: Four small photographic prints were contained in the envelope when received: two identical images of Wallace's house "Corfe View" , one of his house "Old Orchard" and one of a building bearing the sign "Free Library". These were firstly recorded separately as (Old REFS) WP2/10, 11, 12 and 13. A reproduction of the photo of the Free Library, Neath, designed by A. R. Wallace 1847 faces p. 246, vol. 1 of "My Life"; the print has been transferred to New Series/Item WP6/8, papers re A. R. Wallace's autobiography. |