Basic info

Collection

Photographs

Title

Ruines De Dixmunde 1914-18

Object name

Postcard

Book

Object category

Photographic print

Creators

Thill, Ern. (Publisher)

Description

Postcard series published in book form, each card has a perforated line to allow it to be removed from the book. With reproductions of photographs showing views of a town reduced to ruins. Reverse of each card is printed with general postcard layout and printer's details. Cover of stiff paper printed with colour armorial shield and red lettering in French including 'Ruines De Dixmunde / Service des sites de la guerre 1914-18 / Vendu au profites des Oeuvres des Invalides et Orphelins de la Guerre. / Cartes Vues Detachables'. Captions to the postcards are individual and in French. Pencil writing on front and inside back cover not deciphered.

Production date start

1918

Production date end

1930

Period

Between the Wars