A Guide to a World War I Postcard Album 1914-1918 World War I, Postcard Album, 1914-1918 10875-ad

A Guide to a World War I Postcard Album 1914-1918

A Collection in
The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10875-ad


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
10875-ad
Title
World War I Postcard Album 1914-1918
Physical Characteristics
1 volume
Language
English
Abstract
The album contains about 60 colored postcards in a series by Henri Gervese entitled "Nos Marins" which humorously depict the life of a French sailor.

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Preferred Citation

World War I Postcard Album, 1914-1918, in the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, Accession #10875-ad, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This album was given to the University of Virginia Library by Dexter Whitehead, Crozet, Virginia, on December 20, 1994.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection consists of one album of about sixty French colored postcards, ca. 1914-1918, by French caricaturist Henri Gervese (1880-1959), entitled "Nos Marins" [Our Sailors]. The postcards portray the life of the French sailor in a humorous manner and include scenes of drilling, preparing for inspection, getting along with officers, physical and mental training, mail call, reporting for duty, chow time, class distinctions, entertainment, kitchen duty, seasickness, weapons deployment, laundry day, and other related events. Most of the inscriptions on the cards are in French but a few have English as well