COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Record
Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg19_itm1_pc1
Title:
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1918-04-26, World War I
Creator:
Pommer, Paul
Description:
Unaddressed picture postcard from musketeer Paul Pommer. Hand dated Brussels, April 26, 1918. The postcard’s image features Pommer and other wounded soldiers outside in hospital gowns. Pommer is in the middle row, second from the right. Pommer writes that this photo was taken on the 18th of April in the hall's garden.
Description:
Photograph on Carte Postale stock; handwritten date: 26.4.18; 5.5x3.5" (14x9cm)
Date:
1918-04-26
Location:
Brussels (Belgium)
Time Period:
Nineteen tens
Subject:
Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
People Identified:
Pommer, Paul
Places Identified:
Brussels (Belgium)
Subject-AAT:
Correspondence artifacts
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
Places Identified:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Subject-AAT:
Picture postcards
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
Subject-AAT:
Hospital gown
Subject:
Personal correspondence
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals
Subject:
War wounds
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
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…
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.
Language:
ger
Collection:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Known Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
File Format:
image/jp2
Digitization Date:
2020