Lenie Blake diaries
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- Title
- Lenie Blake diaries
- Date
- 1934; July 20 - September 10, 1948; July 11 - August 23, 1950
- Traveller
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- Blake, Valina
- Reference
- A/B6364
- Region
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- Europe
- Country
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- England
- Scotland
- France
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- Italy
- Places
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- Southampton
- Stonehenge
- Cambridge
- Ely
- Winchester
- Stamford
- Lincoln
- Hull
- Scarborough
- Whitby
- Durham (England)
- Risedale
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Salisbury
- Oban
- Keswick
- Liverpool
- Kendal
- Dumfries
- Prestwick
- Troon
- Gretna Green
- Carlisle
- Grasmere
- Chester
- Kidderminster
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Glasgow
- Windsor
- Exeter
- Montreux
- London
- Tower of London
- Buckingham Palace
- St Paul's Cathedral
- Edinburgh
- St Andrews
- Paris
- Geneva
- Lucerne
- Holland
- Amsterdam
- The Hague
- Fontainebleau
- Notre-Dame
- Chartres
- Clermont-Ferrand
- Avignon
- Nîmes
- Cannes
- Genoa
- Florence
- Pisa
- Milan
- Lugano
- Lake Como
- Omaha Beach
- Hampton Court Palace
- Description
- Three diaries. One unbound diary consisting mostly of pen drawings entitled 'Daily Picshuas of Papagenie Blake and Mamalenie Blake', 1934, 1938. One bound diary entitled 'The Pictorial Diary of the World Conference Tour', 1948, which includes a trip to the 1948 London Olympics. One diary entitled 'The Pictorial Diary of a Trip through France', 1950. Included are lists of expenses, letters sent, gifts purchased, and what clothing she wore.
- Library / Archive
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