Powers Rare Books
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Corinna Haven Putnam and Joseph Lindon Smith WWI archive, 1914-1958
Collection
Identifier: 2009-038
Scope and Contents
Catalog of World War I archive of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lindon Smith of material gathered while preparing their work Rising above the Ruins in France.
These materials are in English and French.
Dates:
1914 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1921
Erich Pattky German WWI-era photographs, 1914-1940
Collection
Identifier: 2000-007
Scope and Contents
First acquisition: 86 photo-postcard and photo archive of Erich Pattky, a German telephonist during WWI. Postcard messages are from Pattky to his parents in Berlin, Germany. Postcard images depict various soldiers' activities, accommodations and equipment. According to the bookseller, Pattky was probably stationed in France. Included are Christmas celebration cards. Many cards have been trimmed, possibly to accommodate the size of the wartime envelopes. Second acquisition:...
Dates:
1914 - 1940