Section showing Electrical Lighting and Water System, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4505-7)

2016 Exhibit
Section showing Electrical Lighting and Water System, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4505-7) (i)
location:
Arch Two , Area 19 Antique and Vintage Dollhouse Miniatures (display)
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==This exhibit is scheduled to go on display during 2016, as part of the museum's 25th anniversary improvements==,

An "Oilette" postcard of "Section showing Electrical Lighting and Water System", The Queen's Dolls' House (later to be known as Queen Mary's Dolls' House), produced by Raphael Tuck and Sons ("Tuck's Postcards") catalogue number 4505-7. These postcards started to be produced in 1924, when the dollhouse first went on public display.

SERIES VI: ROUND ABOUT THE HOUSE

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IV: 4505: SECTION SHOWING ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND WATER SYSTEM.

The picture gives a wonderful idea of the completeness and up-to-dateness of the Queen's Dolls' House and shows the arrangements for the Electric Lighting (seen in the foreground), and Water Supply. All the tiny, taps are workable and the water is supplied from a cistern in the roof. The electric lamps are all practical and effective. So also are the automatic electric lifts for passengers and for luggage, which work admirably.

— Raphael Tuck & Sons, Postcard 4505-7, -

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