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2014.118.005

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2014.118

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The Canadian Army in Britain 1939-1944

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WORLD WAR I, 1914 - 1918 (GENERAL)

PREMIÈRE GUERRE MONDIALE, 1914 - 1918 (GÉNÉRAL)

Vues d'Ypres / Views of Ypres

Postcard - Vues d'Ypres / Views of Ypres A paper covered booklet of post cards showing scenes of Ypres. Each card shows two scenes of the same subject, taken from approximately the same spot, one before and one after the bombardment of the town.The booklet contains 24 cards. Size: 158 x 88 x 11 mm The front shows a floral scroll type image up the left hand side and across the top, with VUES D'YPRES, Views of Ypres written underneath, with 24 Cartes Postales. Collection ANTONY-YPRES. Antony d'Ypres was a photographic studio on the Rue du Beurre (Boterstraat) run by the photographer family Antony. Madame Léontine Antony-Permbeke (1858-1923) built up the business in Ypres and her two sons Maurice Antony (1883-1963) and Robert Antony (1884-1966) took over the business after her death. The photographs by Antony d'Ypres are important for their record of the town as it was before and after the wartime damage.
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