Luzern. Lowendenkmal. [The Lion of Lucerne, Switzerland]
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- A postcard from Switzerland from 25-year-old Agnes Mary Kitchen to Reverend R. B. Layton in San Fernando, Trinidad, B.W.I.
- Inscriptions
- Reverse reads:
"Lucerne July 4/10
This is the famous Lion of Lucerne carved out of solid rock to the memory of the Swiss guards who fell defending Louis XVI.
I think perhaps this monument appealed to me more than any other I have seen.
A.M.K."
- Date of Original
- 4 July 1910
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- OILL0131
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Latitude: 12.482324 Longitude: 41.895466
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Oakville Public LibraryEmail:oplreference@oakville.ca
Website:
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