Production of German Picture Postcards at the Western Front 1915–1916 as Exemplified by the Imagery of the Church Bell of Marquillies (Département du Nord, France)

Heritage

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Dirk H. R. Spennemann¹ 

[1] Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University

关键词: image interpretation;    military life;    photography;    postcard production;    propaganda;   

DOI  :  10.3390/heritage6030176

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

During World War I the soldiers’ life at and behind the frontline was captured by personal photography. While heavily regulated and censored on the allied side, conditions were more relaxed for German soldiers, and for German officers, in particular. Drawing on a large sample set of images of the same subject matter, a French church bell with a patriotic, anti-German inscription, this paper surveys the private production of picture postcards by German soldiers. Initially photographed by a range of individuals, some images were eventually produced as printed lithographed postcards by regional German publishers. The processes and limitations of the personal versus commercial production of picture postcards are discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY