- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- "Black Watch" Pipers Playing To The Captors of Longueval
- Date of Original:
- 1916/1917
- Subject:
- World War, 1914-191--France
Pipe bands
Postcards--Scotland - Location:
- France, Hauts-de-France, Somme, 50.0261, 2.8042
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled 21."Black Watch" Pipers Playing To The Captors of Longeval – The card is one in the series of Daily Mail Battle Pictures. - “The Daily Mail Official War Post Cards (Crown Copyright Reserved) were produced from photographs taken by official war photographers based on the Western Front. They did not show the true horror of trench warfare, but they did provide a pictorial record for the public. The cards were released between 6th September 1916 and April 1917. There were 176 cards in 22 sets, each of 8 cards. Within this total of 176 cards, 105 different photographs were used, mostly of images from the Battle of the Somme which raged from July through November 1916.” Jeff Briggs https://www.postcard.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/Daily-Mail-Official-War-Postcards-Overview.pdf. Text on reverse: The “Tommies” who are seen listening to the Black Watch Pipers, had just been engaged in the storming of Longeval, which they took in twenty-five minutes. Postage required - Postage required: ½d. Inland 1d. Foreign Card number - Series III. No. 21. Printed in England.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-364
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-364#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-364/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
