Comments on: Jiglau 1918

By: steviewren

steviewren — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:14:02 +0000

They look like babies….entirely too young to have to deal with a war. It makes me think of my sons. Maybe the boys are brothers and they had this card made for their mother.

By: Müge

Müge — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:53:57 +0000

Very interesting card indeed. The young man on the left seems happier than the other two. But the uniforms of the soldiers are quite similar, so both of them should be from the same army. And since the photo was taken in Iglau in 1918, they were probably the first citizens of the new born Czechoslovakia as you said :-)

Have a nice week-end and a Happy Easter!

By: Eddy

Eddy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:48:00 +0000

Hello Chris,
Cette carte me fait penser que, étant passionné de la WWI et de l’aviation de la même époque, je vais faire un jour un post sur l’escadrille LAFAYETTE dont je suis, actuellement, à la recherche de cartes et autres documents (j’ai déjà quelques livres).
Joyeuses Pâques.

By: Postcardy

Postcardy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:22:21 +0000

Good detective work. It is disappointing when photos don’t have any identification at all.

By: Margo M

Margo M — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:26:09 +0000

Very interesting little trio. Thank you for the history. Fascinating! Happy weekend!

By: Pearl

Pearl — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:10:37 +0000

Terrific postcard… such somber looks on their faces.
Really enjoyed learning about this history behind this… Hope you’re Easter is wonderful…
~blessings~
Pearl

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:19:31 +0000

I get some vintage postcards representing members of my family (I’ve the same representation of them edited asd a simple picture, with the photographer’s signature). Many often they were in front of their house, or farm, or seated in the photographer’s decor.
We can imagine the picture was taken in a private place, and that they’re 3 brothers immortalizing 3 different carreers. Two in the army, and the other, the most elegant, couldn’t enlist and made up his mind to be an intellectual : ) (I find this last explanation, because he makes me think of Oscar Wilde).
It was a rare find though.

I wish you an Happy Easter week-end.

By: Evelyn Yvonne Theriault

Evelyn Yvonne Theriault — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:57:39 +0000

What I really appreciate about these high-quality studio cards is the amount of detail in the background. We can learn so much about an era by examining these details. Even if it’s not an everyday room it still tells us something about the decorating tastes of the period.
Evelyn in Montreal

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:56:00 +0000

I too collect RPPC with unnamed people or places and it is fun to try and figure out where the picture was taken when. If nothing else you can write an imaginary story about the photo. Let us hope the war was over. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Judy

By: Postcards Crossing

Postcards Crossing — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:30:44 +0000

Great story behind this postcard and great choice for this week.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:19:11 +0000

What a lovely postcard to choose for this holiday week …. Peace ..

By: Sheila

Sheila — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:17:32 +0000

A nice piece of detective work there. That’s always the best part as far as I’m concerned!

By: Lydia

Lydia — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:58:23 +0000

Well I sure love this photo and what you discovered behind it. Fantastic!

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:28:00 +0000

I appreciate the depth and research of this post. You have been quite the detective Chris! This is one of the reasons that I love vintage cards:)

By: Muse Swings

Muse Swings — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:01:51 +0000

Perhaps the seated person was 4F. Very interesting card with a good story to tell….