COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Record
Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg10_itm1_pc12
Title:
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1918-01-18, World War I
Creator:
Pommer, Paul
Description:
Postcard from musketeer Paul Pommer, addressed to the family of Gust. (Gustav) Pommer in Frankfurt, Germany. Dated January 18 postmarked January 20, 1918. Pommer mentions that he was happy to receive a letter sent to him by his family on the 13th of January. He mentions receiving letters from two other people who have written to him from home, Ann Scherr and Fritz Hille. He concludes by mentioning that things are going pretty good for him.
Description:
Feldpoftkarte; Kais. Deutsche Feldpost; postmark: 20.1.18; 5.25x3.5" (13.5x9 cm)
Date:
1918-01-18
Location:
Belgium?
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
People Identified:
Scherr, Ann
People Identified:
Hille, Fritz
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:
2019