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First World War : the postcard collection

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    Postcard collection (Alternate title)

  • Description

    "The war occurred at the heyday of the postcard as a social media. This book looks at the role of the postcard in the war, both as a propaganda tool by the authorities and also as a communication means between friends and family split apart by the war.

    The once valued postcards holding the image of a loved one now often only show an anonymous fighter with no details of who they were or what their outcome was, while the censored scenes of trenches and battlefields hide the true horrors of the fighting and the scenes witnessed."--Back cover.

  • Place
    Stroud, England, United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    D522 SAD (Library of Congress Call Number)

    84338 (Cat ID)

    84263 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    First World War : the postcard collection
  • Other Name

    Postcard collection (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker

     Nigel Sadler (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Amberley
  • Place
    Stroud, England, United Kingdom
  • Date
    2014
  • Physical Description

    96 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9781445639673
    9781445639796
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    2 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Postcards

    World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war

    World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial works

  • Content
    1. Introduction
    2. The leaders
    3. The fighting men
    4. The battlefields
    5. Prisoners of war
    6. Wounded soldiers
    7. Love poems, song-cards and propaganda
    8. Silk postcards
    9. The home front
    10. Commemorating peace.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: World War One]

  • Collection Type
    Pou Maumahara
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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