I don’t know that we would refer to this as the Bishop’s Palace today; I believe that the correct term is the bishopric. Both buildings obviously bear the scars of German artillery taken by the town during the Battle of Verdun, which lasted almost the entire year of 1916. Of course, anyone who has taken [...]
This is an early photochrome postcard from the Philco Publishing Company of London. For some reason unknown to me, the image is surrounded by the tartan of the MacIntosh clan. What’s interesting to me is that the back of the card has been modified by hand in a very unusual way: If you look carefully, [...]
This is a modern postcard published by WW2cards.com, which seems to be defunct. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about the Graf Spee and her final battle: From September through December 1939 Admiral Graf Spee, under the command of Hans Langsdorff, sank nine British merchant ships in the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Britain formed [...]
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