World War I postcard album [manuscript], 1914-1918.

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World War I postcard album [manuscript], 1914-1918.

The album contains about 60 colored postcards in a series by [Henri Gervèse?] entitled "Nos Marins" which humorously depict the life of a French sailor.

1 vol.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7922942

University of Virginia. Library

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France. Marine

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Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Henri-Hector d'Estaing was born in Ravel, France, on November 24, 1729, the son of Charles-François d'Estaing, the Marquis de Salliant, and Marie-Henriette Colbert de Maulevrier. He served as a military officer during the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. He spent most of the latter conflict in India, where he was promoted to lieutenant general in 1762, and was governor of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) from 1764-1766. D'Estaing was promoted to vice admiral i...

Gervèse, Henri 1880-1959

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