Accession Num: 1997.002.2
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Document Date: 1916-- - --
Donors: Jean Takkinen (Estate of Ed Vipond)
Creators: D.A. Longuet
Keywords: 1910s, postcard, and World War I
Locations: Villers-au-Bois (Pas-de-Calais)
Physical Description:
1 b/w postcard (8.8 cm x 14.0 cm)
Notes:
Postcard of bombed-out house, Villers-au-Bois, Pas-de-Calais, France, following bombardment by German forces during World War I. Title translates as 'A big bomb just hit this house.' Photo by D.A. Longuet, Paris; postcard by Charles Ledieu, Arras. Inscription on rear from Fred Vipond of Nakusp, who fought here with the Canadian Corps: 'The nearest inhabited Village to Vimy ridge. the flare lights & shell bursts were before the April 9th visible from here. We were billeted here for a while last winter. F.V.'