: 1997.002.5
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: 1916--
: Jean Takkinen (Estate of Ed Vipond)
: 1910s, postcard, and World War I
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1 b/w postcard (13.9 cm x 9.0 cm)
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Postcard of ruined village of Carency, Pas-de-Calais, France, after its destruction by the Germans during World War I. Title translates as 'In the ruins underneath which the German corpses are many'. 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: 'These are the sort of Villages we are capturing these days. The "heavie's"[sic] don't leave much standing. F.V.'