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Smeatons Tower is now on Plymouth Hoe. Present Lighthouse was fourth to be build on the rock

Overview.
With a hand written message in pencil to the reverse of the postcard to a recipient in Helston

An old sepia print of the Eddystone Lighthouse , Plymouth
Mounted on a page from an old Album dated c 1900

Eddystone Lighthouse.

With other Morrab Library At Home photos from 1971 and 1973

Edible lichen in the desert - Lecanora esculenta

Plymouth

Similar to H.26

Carlene Harry's mother. Taken on Herne Bay Promenade.

Edward Lavin.

Man with torch is the father of the photographer

From a negative made of the album

Handwritten Hard Copy
"King Edward VII Royal Yacht acnhored in St Mary Sound, 1902"

140x88mm novelty postcard. 'Penzance is the "Plaice" for a holiday'. Pop up drawing of a plaice superimposed on a beach scene. On reverse general greetings from Mary to Maude Grey in Plymouth. Stamped 'Liable to Letter Rate 609'. Halfpenny post.…

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…

Edwin Broad Market Place.Penzance.
taken from "Mates Illustrated Penzance"
(Corporation Official Guide)