Mar 16, 1918 postcard & letter

front of 2024.1001.172

front of 2024.1001.172

Name/Title

Mar 16, 1918 postcard & letter

Entry/Object ID

2024.1001.172

Description

Postcard with letter written by WWI Texas crewmember Charlie Juffield on March 16, 1918 and passed by censors a day later. Letter largely just describes the photograph.

Context

Battleship Texas arrived in Scapa Flow on February 11, 1918, where she joined the British Grand Fleet. She patrolled the North Sea throughout 1918, escorted the German High Seas Fleet to surrender on November 21, and departed the Grand Fleet on December 1, 1918.

Collection

Historical Collections, eBay Purchase

Made/Created

Date made

circa Mar 17, 1918

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects