Black-and-white photographic postcard showing the historic riverside buildings of St. Thomas’s Hospital in London, viewed across the River Thames from the Westminster side, c. 1910–1914; postally used 23 July 1914. Publisher: W. Straker Ltd., London. The British postal cancellation on the front is dated 23 JUL 14. The card was addressed to Bessines in the French département of Haute-Vienne and bears a French receiving postmark apparently dated 24 July 1914. The object is particularly interesting because the postal date places an ordinary tourist postcard within an extraordinary historical moment. 23 July 1914 was the day on which Austria-Hungary delivered its ultimatum to Serbia, one of the decisive events of the July Crisis that led to the First World War. 

Westminster Bridge and St. Thomas’ Hospital in London, Scenic photographic postcard, presumably from the 1930s, not mailed. Original title: Westminster Bridge showing St. Thomas’ Hospital, London. Series: Bridge House Real Photo Series (1930s–1940) by publisher W. H. Smith & Son, London.

This 1919–1920 aerial photographic postcard shows the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge, and St. Thomas' Hospital from an "Airco 9" aircraft. It uniquely captures the Victorian pavilion-plan hospital opposite Parliament, documenting early commercial aviation and aerial photography post-WWI. The unused card, published by Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd., offers a clear bird's-eye view of this monumental London landscape, highlighting the hospital's architecture and its prominent riverside position.