COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
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World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
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Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg15_itm1_pc01
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exwsPmr4_pg15_itm1_pc01
Identifier
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Title:
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1918-03-03, World War I
title
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1918-03-03, World War I
Title
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Creator:
Pommer, Paul
creator
Pommer, Paul
Creator
false
Description:
Picture postcard from musketeer Paul Pommer addressed to his brother Martin Pommer in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Hand dated dated March 3, 1918. The picture’s image features a color scene of three smiling soldiers smoking cigars outside of a trench enclosure. Caption reads: "Eine feine Marke" ("A fine brand"). Pommer describes the hard day of military exercises. He sends his thanks to his mother for a package with a booklet he received two nights ago. Short on time, Pommer sends hasty greeting to Martin, mother, father, and brother Ernst.
description
Picture postcard from musketeer Paul Pommer addressed to his brother Martin Pommer in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Hand dated dated March 3, 1918. The picture’s image features a color scene of three smiling soldiers smoking cigars outside of a trench enclosure. Caption reads: "Eine feine Marke" ("A fine brand"). Pommer describes the hard day of military exercises. He sends his thanks to his mother for a package with a booklet he received two nights ago. Short on time, Pommer sends hasty greeting to Martin, mother, father, and brother Ernst.
Description
false
Description:
Color Picture Postcard; "Eine feine Marke"; 3.5x5.5 (9x14 cm)
description
Color Picture Postcard; "Eine feine Marke"; 3.5x5.5 (9x14 cm)
Description
false
Date:
1918-03-03
date
1918-03-03
Date
false
Location:
France?
location
France?
Location
false
Time Period:
Nineteen tens
time_period
Nineteen tens
Time Period
false
Subject:
Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
subject
Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
Subject
false
People Identified:
Pommer, Martin
people_identified
Pommer, Martin
People Identified
false
Places Identified:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
places_identified
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Places Identified
false
Subject-AAT:
Correspondence artifacts
subject_aat
Correspondence artifacts
Subject-AAT
false
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
subject
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
Subject
false
People Identified:
Pommer, Carl Gustav
people_identified
Pommer, Carl Gustav
People Identified
false
Subject-AAT:
Picture postcards
subject_aat
Picture postcards
Subject-AAT
false
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
subject
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
Subject
false
People Identified:
Pommer, Ernestine Emilie
people_identified
Pommer, Ernestine Emilie
People Identified
false
Subject:
Personal correspondence
subject
Personal correspondence
Subject
false
People Identified:
Pommer, Ernst
people_identified
Pommer, Ernst
People Identified
false
Subject:
Military education--France
subject
Military education--France
Subject
false
Subject:
Cigar smoking
subject
Cigar smoking
Subject
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
publisher
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Source:
Paul Pommer, World War I German soldier's scrapbook. World War I German Soldiers Album Collection. Western Michigan University Special Collections: http://luna.library…
source
Paul Pommer, World War I German soldier's scrapbook. World War I German Soldiers Album Collection. Western Michigan University Special Collections: http://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/s/i92l44
Source
false
Provenance:
Purchased by WMU Special Collections in February 2015 from F.A. Bernett Books of Boston, who obtained them from the family of Paul Pommer, Germany.
provenance
Purchased by WMU Special Collections in February 2015 from F.A. Bernett Books of Boston, who obtained them from the family of Paul Pommer, Germany.
Provenance
false
Language:
ger
language
ger
Language
false
Collection:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
collection
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Collection
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Rights:
No Known Copyright. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries.
rights
No Known Copyright. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries.
Rights
false
File Format:
image/jp2
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image/jp2
File Format
false
Digitization Date:
2020
digitization_date
2020
Digitization Date
false