COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Record
Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg05_itm1_pc01
Title:
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1916-11-30, World War I
Creator:
Pommer, Paul
Description:
Picture postcard from musketeer Paul Pommer, addressed to Lydia Pommer in Frankfurt. Postmarked Darmstadt, Übungsplatz. Dated November 30, 1916. The picture features the Hauptbahnhof, the main railway station in Darmstadt. Paul writes to his sister about how his day was a difficult one of training and work in Darmstadt.
Description:
Photo Postcard; Darmstadt; Luisenplate mit Ludwigssaute; 5.25x3.5" (13.5x9 cm)
Date:
1916-11-30
Location:
Darmstadt (Germany)
Time Period:
Nineteen tens
Subject:
Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
Subject:
Personal correspondence
Subject-AAT:
Correspondence artifacts
Subject-AAT:
Picture postcards
Places Identified:
Hauptbahnhof (Darmstadt)
People Identified:
Pommer, Lydia
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:
2018