Tag Archives: First World War

Shock and Awe No. 6

Shock and Awe No. 5

Berliner No. 3

Glorious Revolutions No. 2

Transylvanians in Alba Iulia rally for the union of Transylvania and Romania at the end of the First World War.
[wiki Romania in World War One] [wiki Transylvania]

Berliner No. 1

German Artillery marching through the Brandenburg Gate, 1914.

Between Wars: Lille

Yesterday morning I encountered a rather interesting postcard of showing rue Escuermoise in Lille, France. The scanned resolution is fairly high, so it was fairly easy to note many details in the picture, including many of the shops such as the Taverne du XXième Siècle, Olympia Antiquites, and le Librairie L. Quarre du something. [...]

Sporting Men No. 6

US Army Enlistment Poster, First World War (Click Image to Enlarge).
Text Reads:
WANTED: HUSKY YOUNG AMERICANS, college or university training desirable, though not essential, to tour to Berlin via France and No Man’s Land. A highly democratic organization in which every man begins at the bottom and works up — every opportunity for advancement. [...]

Imperialism No. 3

British Postcard, c. 1914
“Defenders of the Empire”
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Sporting Men No. 3

Australian Great War Poster Art, c. 1915.
(Authority State Library of Victoria)