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1934 Inland Postcard
The two cards issued in 1934 were each printed with four different photo vignettes, representing food preparation,
cooking, smallholding and gardening. Proceeds from sales contributed towards the Swiss Group for Domestic Service
28 July 1934: card addressed to Aarau in Canton Aargau and posted at Worb, a municipality in the Bern-
Mittelland district of Canton Berne. WORB-DORF dispatch cds 28.VII.34
Girl peeling apples
Artist: Martha Riggenbach
(1897-1981)
Printer: unknown
No’s sold: 310,581
The picture on the address side
shows young women learning
food preparation.
Sale Price: 30c, with 20c donated to the Swiss Group for Domestic Service: retraining of Female Factory Workers
