View of Moiremont

Creator

Creator Biography

Creator Unknown, French and British.

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Medium

Photographic postcard

Dimensions

5 x 3

Credit Line

Gift in Loving Memory of Boris Blick & Judith Rosenbloom Blick by their daughter Sarah Blick, 2024

Accession Number

2015.258

Provenance

"Phototype Baudieier 40 rue du care Paris"

Description

"1256- La Grande Guerre 1914-18, Moiremont (Marne)- Route de Ste-Menchould"; Handwritten note on photograph: "The trademark of France- a rooster. Guess this one is alive tho."; Handwritten note on correspondence side "Sometimes when I have nothing else to do I am going to buy [mk] a brand new Striderlaken lumber wagon with four wheels on it and bring it over to France and put it on exhibition and I bet I'll coin money".