COLLECTION NAME:
Gustav Klemp German World War I collection
Record
Identifier:
C0250B01P17_001
Title:
Postcard featuring a photo of street and large building in Elk, Poland
Creator:
Klemp, Gustav
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918
Subject:
Postcards
Subject:
Elk (Poland)
Description:
Text in German: Front: Herzlichsten | Gru� Dein | Gustav || Ungl�cks- | Haus | in Lyck Back: [stamp:] [GEPR�FT UND ZU] BEF�RDERN || DARKEHMEN 12. 11. 14. 3-4 N [ms:] Feldpostkarte | Frau Malermstr | Klemp | Podgorz b. Thorn | Marktstr. || [print:] Vom ostpreu�ischen Kriegsschauplatz Lyck | Evangelisches Lehrerseminar | [dur]ch Gewehr- und Artilleriefeuer besch�digt || Aug. Schwarzkopff & Co., L�tzen | 5473 || [ms:] Darkehmen, 12. 11. 14. | LiebeMarta! | heute sind wir hier | weiter in Ostpreu�en | obs weiter geht wirst | Du erfahren. | Umstehend das Seminar | in welchem wir w�hrend | des Bombardements | den ganzen Tag nicht | raus konnten Es sind | 2 Fronten beschossen | worden wie auf einer| Seite zu sehen ist. | [Das] war am 14. Oktob.
Text in English: Front: {Kindest regards, Yours, Gustav The unfortunate building in E?k} Back: {[stamp:] [CHECKED AND TO] DELIVER - OZYORSK November, 12. 1914. 3-4 pm [ms:] Military service postcard, Mrs. Master Painter Klemp, Podg�rz near Toru?, Market street [print:] East Prussian battle field E?k, Protestant Teachers' Seminar, damaged by rifle and artillery fire - Aug. Schwarzkopff & Co., Gi?ycko, 5473 [ms:] Ozyorsk, November, 12 1914 Dear Martha! Today we are here, further in East Prussia. When we will move on, I will let you know. On the other side of the card, the seminar, in which during the day of the bombardment we could not get out. It was hit on two sides as you see on one side. That was on October 14th.}
Text in English: Front: {Kindest regards, Yours, Gustav The unfortunate building in E?k} Back: {[stamp:] [CHECKED AND TO] DELIVER - OZYORSK November, 12. 1914. 3-4 pm [ms:] Military service postcard, Mrs. Master Painter Klemp, Podg�rz near Toru?, Market street [print:] East Prussian battle field E?k, Protestant Teachers' Seminar, damaged by rifle and artillery fire - Aug. Schwarzkopff & Co., Gi?ycko, 5473 [ms:] Ozyorsk, November, 12 1914 Dear Martha! Today we are here, further in East Prussia. When we will move on, I will let you know. On the other side of the card, the seminar, in which during the day of the bombardment we could not get out. It was hit on two sides as you see on one side. That was on October 14th.}
Date:
1914-11-12
Decade:
1910s
Genre/Form:
Cityscape
Type:
Image
Format:
Postcard; sepia
Collection:
Gustav Klemp German World War I collection
Rights Statement:
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Physical Location:
Box 1, Page 17
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Extent:
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/4 in.