Postcard of British Tavern in Ypres
| Title |
Postcard of British Tavern in Ypres
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| Subject |
Unknown
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| Notes |
A postcard showing a temporary wooden building: 'British Tavern, Cafe, Restaurant', in 'Ypres - Grand'Place'. Erected soon after the war to cater to troops and the first battlefield tourists.
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 date |
Unknown
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| Creation place |
Ypres
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| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_2478_ricebritishtavern.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Stuart Lee
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
P Vainker
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Collection
Citation
“Postcard of British Tavern in Ypres,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 3, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4084.
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