Friday 9 September 2016

Ethel and Catherine Tucker

Ethel Tucker and her sister Catherine (Kate) were two sisters belonging to a very well known Bermudian family. Ethel lived from 1874 to 1962 and Kate 1879-1970. They both studied art in New York before returning to Bermuda where they opened The Little Green Shop and this was where they sold the postcards of their water colours.
They also opened The Little Green Door, a tea shop which was visited by among others, Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling. Among the approximately 100 postcards they published, there are four of The Little Green Door.
I have included very useful links to a check list of their cards and more information about these fascinating ladies.
Should you ever visit Bermuda, I recommend the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. When I was there in June 2013, I found two Tucker prints and a selection of different (small) Tucker calendars for sale. At the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Bermuda Arts Centre, I found packs of Tucker notelets for sale.
These are little works of art recording a "lost" Bermuda from a different era.

Here is one of the Tucker postcards I have in my collection.


Flatts Village, Bermuda

This is No. 77 in the collection of postcards  and was published by Ethel and C.F.Tucker, Hamilton, Bermuda. It was printed in England by J. Salmond Ltd., Sevenoaks.  On the reverse there is a 3d stamp of Queen Elizabeth II .



I can't quite make out the date on the postmark but it looks like the card was posted sometime in the 1950s.

Flatts Village is situated in Hamilton Parish and is home to the Bermuda Aquarium, Zoo and Museum.



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