Author Archives: Magicfingers

Not the most interesting card, you might think, to begin the final post in this series of Daily Postcards, but when have I ever let you down?  The scene shows civilians in the Grande Place in the centre of Ypres … Continue reading →

Well folks, all things must pass, and as we come to the forty ninth Daily Postcard, this set of three Bamforth cards is the penultimate post in our series.  Perhaps, like the Daily Mail cards we have seen, this will … Continue reading →

Death would feature on Great War postcards from early in the war.

Wounded soldiers featured frequently on Great War postcards. 

Another Daily Mail postcard, again showing men under fire, and again a striking image. 

Regimental cards were a sure-fire seller, such as the rousing, patriotic, example shown here. 

Snowy scenes from early in the war today.  This first card shows one of the early actions on the Eastern Front, as the Germans eject the Russians from eastern Germany at the Battle of the Masurian Lakes, between 7th & … Continue reading →