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Pre-War Postcards

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  • Poorly-Fitted French Uniforms (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Poorly-Fitted French Uniforms (1)

    Humorous French portrait; "Quel est celui qui a une veste qui ne va pas?" "Who is the one who has a jacket that does not fit?"

    Image 9750

  • Poorly-Fitted French Uniforms (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Poorly-Fitted French Uniforms (2)

    Back of postcard in French

    Image 9751

  • New Interests: Home Rule? What About It? (1)

    New Interests: Home Rule? What About It? (1)

    Humorous British/Scottish cartoon; home rule

    Image 4320

  • New Interests: Home Rule? What About It? (2)

    New Interests: Home Rule? What About It? (2)

    Blank back of postcard

    Image 4321

  • Infantry Bugle School (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Infantry Bugle School (1)

    Portrait of the French Infantry Bugle School

    Image 0293

  • Infantry Bugle School (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Infantry Bugle School (2)

    Back of postcard; personal letter in French

    Image 0294

  • "Merry Christmas and God Save the Queen" (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    "Merry Christmas and God Save the Queen" (1)

    A Christmas/New Years postcard with the British flag and "God Save the Queen" music

    Image 4557

  • "Merry Christmas and God Save the Queen" (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    "Merry Christmas and God Save the Queen" (2)

    Back of postcard; address and information

    Image 4558

  • War Foretold: Lest We Forget (1)

    War Foretold: Lest We Forget (1)

    War memorials after 1918 would often include the phrase ‘Lest We Forget’. Ironically, as this card shows, the phrase was often being used to recall absent friends prior to the war.

    Image 4350

  • War Foretold: Lest We Forget (2)

    War Foretold: Lest We Forget (2)

    “Dear Maria. Was pleased to hear you are enjoying yourself. You can bet we are doing the same. Raining awful this morning this morning (sic) Best love (illegible)."

    Image 4351

  • Four Generations of Royalty (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Four Generations of Royalty (1)

    Four generations of Englands royal family

    Image 4336

  • Four Generations of Royalty (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Four Generations of Royalty (2)

    Back of postcard; personal letter

    Image 4337

  • The King's Statue (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    The King's Statue (1)

    Photograph of King George V in Reading

    Image 4318

  • The King's Statue (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    The King's Statue (2)

    Back of postcard

    Image 4319

  • Anglo-Japanese Naval Accord: Two Handy Men (1)

    Anglo-Japanese Naval Accord: Two Handy Men (1)

    In 1902 Great Britain and Japan formalized a naval alliance that had been maturing for nearly a decade. Japan’s navy had been modeled on Great Britain’s right down to its uniforms and signaling systems. In 1910 a massive public exhibition known as the “Japan-British Exhibition” was staged in London to mark the success of the alliance.

    Portrait of two boys, a toy canon, and the Union Jack flag

    Image 4389

  • Anglo-Japanese Naval Accord: Two Handy Men (2)

    Anglo-Japanese Naval Accord: Two Handy Men (2)

    “Dear Mabel I hope you will like this postcard I am sending you and hope that when you get a man that he will be a handy man SA from a friend”

    Personal letter to Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Image 4390

  • New Interests: Coronation Souvenir (1)

    New Interests: Coronation Souvenir (1)

    Educational Reforms had created a new mass literacy while political reforms across Western Europe had empowered many people with the voting franchise for the first time. These developments coupled with new spirits of nationalism and patriotism were often reflected in turn-of-the-century postcards.

    King George V coronation souvenir.

    Image 4316

  • New Interests: Coronation Souvenir (2)

    New Interests: Coronation Souvenir (2)

    This card demonstrates a father’s efforts to capture various aspects of the coronation of King George V in 1911 for his daughter. Note the sense of personal connection with the royal family that is assumed in the message. It reads:

    “My dear wee one: The coronation is over a great success it would have been fearful in this heat. I am resting in one of England’s beauty spots while the poor King & Queen are still working hard in Wales. Fortunately after this month they will send the children back to school. We have a very wise King & Queen.”

    Personal letter written to London, Ontario, Canada

    Image 4317

  • Battle of Rezonville (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Battle of Rezonville (1)

    Portrait commemorating the Battle of Rezonville, August 16, 1870

    Image 9746

  • Battle of Rezonville (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Battle of Rezonville (2)

    Back of postcard

    Image 9747

  • Frontier Soldier (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Frontier Soldier (1)

    Portrait of a frontier soldier

    Image 6233

  • Frontier Soldier (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Frontier Soldier (2)

    Back of postcard; personal letter in German

    Image 6234

  • La Statue é Jeanne d'Arc (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    La Statue é Jeanne d'Arc (1)

    Photograph of the Monument of National Reparation to Joan of Arc in Rouen, France

    Image 9546

  • La Statue é Jeanne d'Arc (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    La Statue é Jeanne d'Arc (2)

    Back of postcard; personal letter

    Image 9547

  • Marseille Portrait (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Marseille Portrait (1)

    Portrait of Marseille with a personal inscription

    Image 0319

  • Marseille Portrait (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Marseille Portrait (2)

    Back of postcard; Glasgow, Scotland

    Image 0320

  • Royal Coronation Portrait (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Royal Coronation Portrait (1)

    Portrait of the royal coronation

    Image 4344

  • Royal Coronation Portrait (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Royal Coronation Portrait (2)

    Back of postcard; personal inscription

    Image 4345

  • Foreshadowing: Soldier Lover (1)

    Foreshadowing: Soldier Lover (1)

    The card was printed in the German kingdom of Saxony. In the early twentieth century Germany possessed superior chemical and printing facilities and supplied many of Europe’s postcards.

    Intimate portrait of a soldier and a woman

    Image 4467

  • Foreshadowing: Soldier Lover (2)

    Foreshadowing: Soldier Lover (2)

    “Real ones some day I hope. Dear Jack. Just a card to say I am getting Better I will write you a long letter I am very thankful for the present you send to me But if I had you hold when you were doing it I don’t no what I say to you I would written Be fro But I wasn’t able good Bye I remain as ever …. XXXXXXX

    Image 4468

  • Interest in Royalty: Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1)

    Interest in Royalty: Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1)

    Photograph of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia

    Image 6181

  • Interest in Royalty: Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (2)

    Interest in Royalty: Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (2)

    Back of postcard; note the international nature of the correspondence. This was a German writing to a fellow German resident in London.

    Image 6182

  • Interest in Royalty: Prussian Princes (1)

    Interest in Royalty: Prussian Princes (1)

    Photograph of Prince Wilhelm and Prince Louis Ferdinand

    Image 6179

  • Interest in Royalty: Prussian Princes (2)

    Interest in Royalty: Prussian Princes (2)

    Blank back of postcard

    Image 6180

  • New Card Options: Cunard R.M.S. "Campania" (1)

    New Card Options: Cunard R.M.S. "Campania" (1)

    Portrait of the Cunard R.M.S. "Campania"

    Image 4261

  • New Card Options: Cunard R.M.S. "Campania" (2)

    New Card Options: Cunard R.M.S. "Campania" (2)

    Blank back of postcard

    Image 4262

  • New Card Options: Scenic Scotsman (1)

    New Card Options: Scenic Scotsman (1)

    Scenic portrait of a Scotsman with a personal letter

    Image 4310

  • New Card Options: Scenic Scotsman (2)

    New Card Options: Scenic Scotsman (2)

    Back of letter written to Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

    Image 4311

  • New Interests: Funeral of King Edward VII (1)

    New Interests: Funeral of King Edward VII (1)

    "Monarchs in Procession;" The funeral procession of King George VII; photograph of King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the Duke of Connaught

    Image 4302

  • New Interests: Funeral of King Edward VII (2)

    New Interests: Funeral of King Edward VII (2)

    Blank back of postcard

    Image 4303

  • Travel: Vienna (1)

    Travel: Vienna (1)

    Photograph of Prater-Main Avenue, Vienna, Austria

    Image 6324

  • Travel: Vienna (2)

    Travel: Vienna (2)

    This card, sent 14 October 1913 from Vienna to Bloomington, Indiana, reads:

    “Best dressed women here I ever saw. Their furs & tailored suits are peaches. Go to Budapest on Friday then to Prague, Dresden, & finally Berlin. Be sure to write me all about the (unclear) 13 Winterfeldt Str care of Frau Hermes. Am having such a grand trip. I like Vienna immensely, its buildings are so fine. Going to the famous opera Wed. night. Have been travelling thru the Tyrolean Alps – beautiful scenery & quaint costumes. Algiers was perfectly great. Stopped at Naples, Patras Greece & a little island of the coast of Dalmatia. Had two good days in Venice. The Viennese women in this pension (sic) smoke cigarettes. Lots of love, Grace.”

    Image 6325

  • Berlin Portrait (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Berlin Portrait (1)

    Portrait of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

    Image 6298

  • Berlin Portrait (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Berlin Portrait (2)

    Blank back of postcard

    Image 6299

  • Bond Deposit Department, Paris, France (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Bond Deposit Department, Paris, France (1)

    Photograph of the Paris Bond Deposit Department

    Image 0510

  • Bond Deposit Department, Paris, France (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Bond Deposit Department, Paris, France (2)

    Back of postcard; personal letter written to Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Image 0511

  • Cruss aus Koblenz (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Cruss aus Koblenz (1)

    Cruss aus Koblenz statue

    Image 6249

  • Cruss aus Koblenz (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Cruss aus Koblenz (2)

    Back of postcard in German

    Image 6250

  • Friendship Endures (1) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Friendship Endures (1)

    Portrait of a man and a woman shaking hands; Great Britain Royal Standard and Union Jack flags.

    Image 4543

  • Friendship Endures (2) by WWI Postcards from the Richard J. Whittington Collection

    Friendship Endures (2)

    Back of postcard

    Image 4544

 
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