Bataille de l'Yster

Creator

Creator Biography

Creator Unknown, French and British.

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Creation Date

March 9, 1916

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

2015.419

Description

"401. La Grande Guerre 1914-1915. - Bataille de l'Yser. Ypres aprés le bombardement - Vue des Halles. Ypres after the bombardment." Handwritten note on back: "Mar. 9th, '16. This place is now a heap of ruins. all the walls being shattered, one or two of the end pillars still remain but probably will not remain so very long as the equant is continually being shelled by Huss."