Record

Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/134
Title	Postcard from D.H. Lawrence, Av. Pino Suarez #43, Oaxaca, [Mexico] to his sister [Ada Clarke]; 5 Dec. [1924]
Date	5 December 1924
Extent	1 item
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; refers to photograph on the reverse of the poscard; has got her a handsome serape, but doesn't want to send it by post; encloses £1 each for [her sons] Bertie and Jack for Christmas; signed 'Love and a good Christmas. DHL'. Verso of the postcard has a photograph showing Lawrence, Frieda and the servant Rosalino at the market [same photograph as La Phot 1/78/8]. Date: Postcard is dated 5 Dec.; Year provided is from James T. Boulton and Lindeth Vasey (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989) vol V, p 181.
Term	gifts, Christmas
Term	celebrations, Christmas greetings
Physical Description	Written in dark ink on the recto of a postcard; text is written with postcard placed vertically; dimensions are 140 x 90 mm.
Publication Note	James T. Boulton and Lindeth Vasey (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989) vol V, p 181.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA42	Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer	1885-1930
NA368	Clarke; Ada (1887-1948); Mrs; married W.E. Clarke 1913; sister of D.H. Lawrence	1887-1948
NA75073	Clarke; John Lawrence (1915-1942); son of Ada Clarke née Lawrence	1915-1942
NA3537	Clarke; William Herbert (1923-); son of Ada Clarke née Lawrence	1923-