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Aerial view of Jubilee Pool, the harbour, East Penzance, Chyandowr and beyond. Note from Muriel to Mrs EA Richards, Penzance. George VI stamp. Postmarked 7th May 1951.

Postcard. 140mm x 88mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published by Phot Precision, St Albans. Image by Aerofilms Ltd, London. Serial number 6869. All images in this series can be viewed at the See Britain from Above website. This black and…

Postcard 150mm x 102mm. Painting by Audrey B Grounauer. Penzance from my Window. Water colour 1984. View over St Mary's Church from the Lescudjack area. St John the Baptist Church in right foreground.

Postcard. 148mm x 106mm. British Rail Publications card to celebrate 150th anniversary of GWR. 1835-1985. BRP 21. Reproduction of British Railways poster featuring artwork by Gyrth Russell painted in 1949. No address. No stamp. Birthday greetings…

Postcard. 138mm x 88mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published by Clark's Library, Penzance, no 1111. Clarks Library had premises in Market Place and Market Jew St. Tinted photograph towards the Mount from Wharf Road. The RMS Deerhound can…

Postcard. 136mm x 86mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Sepia image of waves breaking over Penzance South Pier and Lighthouse. Published by Clark's Library, Penzance. Serial number 9427.

Postcard. 139mm x 88mm. No stamp or postmark. Half-penny postage. Addressed to Miss Emily Vingoe, Prospect Place, Newlyn from 'L.C.' Argall's Series. A photograph of Penzance harbour and town from fields below Lescudjack Hill Fort has been…

Postcard. 138mm x 88mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published in the Solograph Series by E A Sweetman, Tunbridge Wells. Serial number 9584. Colourised photograph of steamship in wet dock at Penzance Harbour with St Mary's Church in the…

140x90mm. Pocket Novelty Card printed by ETW Dennis and Sons London and Scarborough. Front cover shows drawing of a crab on a beach. The crab can be lifted up and underneath is a series of miniature prints of postcards concertinaed together of…

Postcard. 138mm x 89mm. Halfpenny stamp. Postmarked 22nd August 1911. Published by ETW Dennis and Sons Ltd, London and Scarborough. Addressed to Misses Reynolds in Swanage from W. who is stopping at Bay View Terrace, Penzance. Her message includes…

Postcard. 138mm x 88mm. Identical image to JDCP 527. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published by ETW Dennis and Sons Ltd, London and Scarborough. The image is a black and white photograph of two large ships in the wet dock at Penzance…

Postcard. 138mm x 88mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published by ETW Dennis in the Dainty Series. Painting of Penzance Harbour from South Pier looking towards St Mary's Church. Artist's name is illegible.

Postcard. 139mm x 87mm. New Zealand 1d Universal Postage stamp. Postmark illegible but card is dated 26th March 1908. Published by ETW Dennis Ltd in the Dainty Series. Addressed to Miss Butler, Grande Vue, Rotorua. Short message of thanks from Dot.…

Postcard. 137mm x 88mm. Identical to JDCP 487 with different colour tinting. No stamp, postmark, message or address. Divided back. Tinted view of Penzance harbour and town from Lescudjack Hill Fort. The houses on the south side of Thornberry Terrace…

Postcard. 137mm x 88mm. No stamp, postmark or address. Half-penny postage. There is a short message, unsigned. 'This is down by the Quay, rather good of it isn't it.' Then a further message, 'Written back in 1912?'. Published by Eyre and…

Postcard. 140mm x 90mm. 2d stamp. Postmarked Penzance, 10th December 1947. Addressed to Mrs E Whithouse, Torquay. Short message from Tom. Published by Francis Frith. Sepia image of the war memorial on Battery Rocks. Serial number 16649. The War…

Postcard. 138mm x 90mm. No stamp, postmark, message or address. Half-penny postage rate. Divided back. Frith's Series, F. Frith and Co Ltd, Reigate. Seven views of Edwardian Penzance and West Penwith.

Postcard. 137mm x 89mm. Stamped and postmarked 26th August 1915. Message from Nicholas to Miss Winnie Osborne, St Enoder. Sepia photograph of the interior of St John's church. Francis Frith Series, serial number 61236.

Postcard. 138mm x 88mm. Half penny stamp, postmarked 14th April 1907. Published by Francis Frith. Addressed to Miss D Hollis in Muswell Hill from her sister P. staying at the Riviera Palace Hotel (Currently Bolitho Nursery School). She remarks, 'So…

A local crowd enjoying the visiting fair held in October around the village Paul Feast time. The water wheel of the once-important Tolcarne Mill can be seen on the right.