Poster
Ask for Cook's Programme of Tours to the Battlefields, Thiepval
| Poster with an illustration of a British soldier sitting on a battlefield near a trench with barb wire among many destroyed trees at night. There are birds flying over the battlefield, and a full moon is in the sky. A military graveyard with crosses is in the background. Text reads: "Ask for Cook's Programme of Tours to the Battlefields. Thiepval. Edité par la Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Nord." Part of a series of posters depicting war damage in a variety of French towns. |
| Image ID: | 134053 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1919 |
| Creator Name: | Northern Railway Company |
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| Collection Name: | World War I posters, circa 1914-circa 1918 |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6030 (7) T5c.6 |
| Original Dimensions: | 30 x 41.5 inches |
| Illustration signed by H. Gray. Text at bottom: "Cornille & Serre — Imprimeurs, 19, Rue du Terrage, Paris." |
| Trees |
| Advertising |
| Fences |
| Cemeteries |
| Fortification |
| Military uniforms |
| Soldiers |
| War casualties |
| Railroads |
| Tourism |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
| War posters |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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