POSTCARD, World War 1

H1999.159

Postcard with black and white photograph of shells being fired at night, only the line of fire is visible. Captioned in white at bottom of card "69. NIGHT SCENE ON BRITISH FRONT. JULY 1ST 1916. OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH,/CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED." Handwritten in black ink on reverse "This is a real photo/it is a wonderful sight at/night./The [you?] would think it was some/great fireworks display/and forget the war Joe [for?] in [a?]/few minutes"

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H1999.159
Accession Date: 26 Jul 2002
Acquisition Year: 1999
Credit: Elaine Freeman

Material

Paper

paper

0 - Whole

Measurement

width90mm
length140mm

 

 

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