Postcard Commemorating Captain Webb's Cross Channel Swim

Captain Matthew Webb Commemorative Postcard 1908; ‘Webb’s Triumph – August 24th’.

Image shows a postcard commemorating the 33rd anniversary Captain Webb’s Channel swim (24-25 August 1875). The postcard features an account of Webb’s swim, reprinted from the Morning Leader, with an advertisement for the Dovorian Restaurant, Market Square, Dover.