Category Archives: Postcards

The Weekly Postcard No. 53

We have yet to see an American Great War postcard, and this one, showing members of 308 HQ Company at Camp Upton, near Yaphank on Long Island, New York State, in January 1918, is not only rather a good one, … Continue reading

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The Weekly Postcard No. 52

We are in the Dolomites this week, courtesy of three postcards that feature Alpine views, the first of which allows me to relate a little known tale of engineering genius. 

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The Weekly Postcard No. 51

Well, am I good to you, or what? 

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The Daily Postcard No. 50

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

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The Daily Postcard No. 49

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

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The Daily Postcard No. 48

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

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The Daily Postcard No. 47

Wounded soldiers featured frequently on Great War postcards. 

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