Port Said and Mesopotamia Postcard/Photograph Album, ca. 1917-1919

Summary

Title:

Port Said and Mesopotamia Postcard/Photograph Album,

Dates:

ca. 1917-1919

Creators:

Bloom, J.

Extent:

.2 linear feet (1 half-size box)

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

Port Said and Mesopotamia Postcard/Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 49. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

World War I era album, ca. 1917-1919, of British Private J. Bloom, 13th Divisional Cyclist Company, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force. Includes 54 postcards from Mesopotamia (many of Basrah [Basra] and surrounding area), 47 of Port Said, and 18 of Marseille. Also 62 black/white snapshots, most with captions, of fellow soldiers, former Turkish barracks, street scenes, and local residents, e.g. shepherd, water carrier, letter writer, tea drinkers, shops and shopkeepers, date packer, Kurdish shoemaker, Arab children - all apparently taken in Iraq, with some identified as being from Basrah.

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 2003.

Physical location:

Del Sur

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by D. Tambo

Date Prepared:

© 2003

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 30 July 2003 .

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Port Said and Mesopotamia Postcard/Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 49. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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