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Postcard of ruined Basilica, Albert

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SubjectUnknown
TitlePostcard of ruined Basilica, Albert
NotesFrom a series of French postcards showing ruined towns. Captioned: '110. Albert (Somme), vue interieure no. 1 de la Basilique. Interior of the Basilic'.

Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.
Item DateAugust 1918 - December 1918
Creation placeAlbert
File typeImage
Item sourcePostcard
Item mediumCard
ContentPostcard
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_2483_ricealbert.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameStuart Lee
Contributed on the behalf ofP Vainker
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4089