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dc.coverage.temporal1914-1918en
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-05T16:28:23Z
dc.date.available2012-03-05T16:28:23Z
dc.date.created1914
dc.date.issued2012-03-05
dc.identifier.otherLocation of the original: consult with Collections Manager
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/129050
dc.descriptionTRANSCRIPTION; MESSAGE: Meilleurs baisers de sa petite mere a ma [illegible] Cherieen
dc.descriptionTRANSLATION: Best kisses from little mother to my dearest (illegible); Helena; SENT TO: Mademoiselle Blanchau (the remainder is illegible)en
dc.descriptionENGLISH TRANSLATION OF POSTCARD TEXT: When we run to the front. O! You women, hide your tears. Courage is your prayer. The one that strengthens our hearts.en
dc.description.abstract(Color) Potentially handmade, this postcard appers to be painted (or printed, then painted). The text appears handwritten, and is entirely in French. The stamp is French, red, cost 10c and appears in the bottom left corner. There is not enough of the postmark present to decipher any information. A date of "28/3/1915" is written in pencil at the bottom. The front of the postcard reads: "Quand nous courons a la frontier / O! Vous femmes, cachez vos pleurs / Le courage est votre priere / Celle qui rend plus forts nos coeurs!!" It may be translated as: "When we run to the front. O! You women, hide your tears. Courage is your prayer. The one that strengthens our hearts.en
dc.format.extent3 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.en
dc.language.isofre
dc.relation.ispartofWWI Postcard Collection, Ragan Military Collectionen
dc.rightsNo copyright - Non-commercial use only; for more information see: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWorld War (1914-1918)en
dc.subjectPoetryen
dc.subjectFlowersen
dc.title1914en
dc.typeImageen
dc.type.genrePostcardsen
dc.type.genrePersonal correspondenceen
dc.type.materialStillImageen
dc.type.materialTexten
dc.publisher.digitalCushing Memorial Library and Archives
local.detailsThis collection previously belonged to Dominic Hibberd, an English biographer most noted for the biographies of Wilfred Owen and Harold Monro, World War I poets. He collected these postcards for research purposes.


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