Postcard, Picture

2014-0274

Photo postcard from WWI Fismes, France bombing aftermath
Photo postcard from WWI Fismes, France bombing aftermath
Title
Photo postcard from WWI Fismes, France bombing aftermath
Creation Date
1917 – 1919
Materials

Dimensions

3 7/16 inches H x 5 1/8 inches W

Description
Black and white photo postcard of a bombed out ruins of buildings. There are scattered wood beams, partial building facades and other rubble. Top left 'Shell shattered city hall in Fismes, France aftr beign showered with German shells for three weeks.' Bottom left says 'U.S. Signal corps photo reproduced by Phtot Repro Co. N. Y. by permission Bureau War Photographs. Back has POST CARD in black in with thin black vertical black line seperating 'Correspondence here' and 'for address only'
No writing on back

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