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Nom de l'objet :	Postcard
Titre :	Woman Feeding Animals
Numéro d'accession :	BE2004.2.143
Date de début de production :	1908
Description :	A postcard addressed to 'Miss B. Pamplin, co/ Mrs. Hambly, Westcost Farm, Pr. Callington'. The message reads, 'Trerefrers. Dear Beattie, I escpect you will be surprised to hear from me after my promising so many times which now I have fulfilled. Hopeing you are well and also mother and the boys with fond love from your sister, E. Jn. Pamplin.' The message is written upside down. It is post marked Callington. It has a 1/2 penny green British stamp. The illustration is of a beautiful woman dressed in a red and white dress, wearing a bonnet, feeding the hens and rooster. The image is signed by the artist, Ha. (Hayward) Hardy, and was published by S. Hildesheimer and Co., Ltd., London and Manchester. It was printed in Bavaria.
Fonctions :	The postcard is addressed to Beatrice Palmplin. She is the sister of Horace Pamplin, a domestic servant who worked for Arthur Harris during the Great War. Beatrice was born in 1891 in Cornwall, England. She worked as a domestic, keeping "rather late hours" at her place of employment: the United Services Medical Society, where she also resided (located at 25 Idmiston Road, West Norwood, London, S. E.). There she roomed with her good friend, Jane Symons (see: 1998.1.106.186), before immigrating to Canada aboard the Ionian. Beatrice's first employer in Canada was Mrs. Annie Sayers (daughter of Arthur Harris). A postcard from brother Percy Pamplin (10 February 1914) reads: "Miss B. Pamplin, c/o Mrs. B. D. Sayers, Clarkson, Ontario. Dear Sister, just a card, hope you are well as we are at present. I am sending this to greet you for Valentine's day, hope to hear from you soon, love from Percy xxxxxxx." It seems Beatrice remained in Annie's employment for about a year. A letter from Egerton Sayers to Annie (2010.3.292) dated 1915, reads: "Well, I just heard today you have lost your maid. That is too bad as she was so good. "Of the 16 postcards to the Pamplin Family in our collection, 13 are addressed to Beatrice. The postcard if from Ethel Pamplin. Ethel is another sister of Horace Pamplin. She was born in Cornwall, England, 1889. As the eldest daughter, she was likely her mother's helper, assisting with the younger children. She worked as a domestic for various households in England. Ethel immigrated to Canada aboard the Ionian, departing from Le Harvre, France and arriving in Quebec 4 June 1913. She settled in Paris, Ontario, penning her brother notes in Clarkson: _Dear Horace, How are you getting on, I hope well. Did you have a good time at Toronto. I hope you had a happy birthday. Do you feel lonesome not to be able to phone. Love from Ethel. Mother sends love xxx." Ethel married Robert Leslie Parke Anderson (b.1897), a Gas Engineer. The couple were married 10 September 1919 in Brantford, Ontario. Horace Pamplin served as a witness to the nuptials.
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Ville de l'établissement :	Mississauga
Province de l'établissement :	Ontario