This postcard was published by Joseph Welch and Sons. I think they were based on the South coast in Portsmouth. They existed between 1900 and the beginning of the Great War (1914). During that time they printed nearly 4,000 different popular postcards. Judging by the number on the card it is likely that this was published just before the Great War. Local photographers such as John J Griffiths and LG Mason (his apprentice) had works printed by such "high volume" printers.
ricardo andrade da silva telles
06-Aug-2016 23:29
Curitiba, August, 6th, 2016
Dear Sir I am Ricardo Telles, a civil engineer, 61 years old, working for the last 42 years in cement plants in Brazil and/or around the world. This long career put me in close contact with building materials and correlated issues. With the time being, I became very curious to know in deep details which skills the Neolithic men had in order to build their houses with lime plastered floors, how the ancient civilizations could make such astonishing pyramids, ziggurats or even the marvelous Romans Pantheon and Colosseum, etc, etc. Therefore, in order to answer my questions, I started, patiently, about 5 to 6 years ago, to collect papers, lectures and books, studying and searching all these matters. This was accomplished in such way that I found out the initial simple hobby was transformed in a substantial volume of data, quite enough to be organized and write my own book concerning the “History of Building Materials”. For this I was very encouraged by friends and colleagues due the incredible lack of technical books in Brazil. In conclusion, the book is almost finished but to get a nice presentation some special photos and figures should be also include. In conclusion, this is the reason why I am disturbing you, “begging” a special permit to include the two pictures concerning The Ship-on-Shore in my job. This, of course, will be done with a clear indication that the pictures were obtained thanks to your kind cooperation and will not be used for any other purpose. Yours, faithfully
