Postcard, 1917

Archive

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Raupp Museum

Name/Title

Postcard, 1917

Entry/Object ID

2009.05.044

Scope and Content

Color postcard of the “Artillery in Action” With image of men in the field loading artillery. Cancelled stamp mark on upper right. Reverse contains handwritten black ink note dated Nov 20, 1917 from Bernard Raupp. It discusses rain, new windows in the mess hall and rifle shooting practice. With a red two cent adhesive stamp in the upper right corner and addressed to "Miss Josephine Raupp Arlington Heights, Ills." Postmarked "Houston 7" "I received your letter yesterday was very glad to hear from you. We had a nice rain down here Sat night that settled that dust once. We got windows in our mess hall today. We got back from the rifle range yesterday, that was some life. My back hurts yet from laying in the ground. There is no spring in them beds but still I got to mass Sunday. We had mass in a tent, the priest came out there from the camp. We got two masses on Sun from now on. It sure went quick with misses Blocks. From Bernard"

Archive Details

Creator

Raupp, Bernard

Date(s) of Creation

Nov 20, 1917

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Raupp, Bernard

Person or Organization

Raupp, Josephine