COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Record
Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg27_itm2_pc01
Title:
Picture postcard of German soldier and his family
Description:
Picture postcard, unaddressed. The postcard’s image features a German soldier, his wife, son, and daughter. The man resembles earlier confirmed photos of Paul Pommer, and possibly shows him after the war in his military jacket with insignia removed. The reverse is stamped with the photo studio in Hessen, Germany.
Description:
Photograph; 5.5x3.5" (14x9cm)
Date:
1940s?
Location:
Hesse (Germany)
Time Period:
Nineteen forties
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany
Places Identified:
Hesse (Germany)
Subject-AAT:
Correspondence artifacts
Subject:
Families--Germany
Subject-AAT:
Picture postcards
Subject-AAT:
studio portraits
Subject-AAT:
family portraits
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