- MCFC-WAR-FRA-095
- Item
- Early 20th century
What appears to be a saw mill located in Bionville (either Bionville-sur-Nied or Bionville, Meurthe-et-Moselle).
What appears to be a saw mill located in Bionville (either Bionville-sur-Nied or Bionville, Meurthe-et-Moselle).
"Vouvray (I & L) - Ancien Moulin ayant servi a la Telegraphie"
"Ces Moulins jouerent un role les guerres de la Vendee. L'orientation de leurs ailes etait un signal pour l'armee royale qui se basait sur leurs indications" [These Mills played a role in the wars of the Vendee. The orientation of their wings was a signal for the Royal Army that was based on their indications]. This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.34.
"Quiberon - Exercice de Debarquement des Escadres - L'attaque du Moulin"
One of the Saint-Pierre-Quiberon mills. This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.36.
Interior of watermill showing boss and axle of waterwheel and footing of upright shaft
Part of Frank W Gregory Collection
Unknown photographer
Part of Frank W Gregory Collection
Derelict open-trestle hollow-post windpump with two sails. Similar to Palmer's Mill, Upton Marshes. As yet unidentified.
Norfolk Broads
Unknown photographer
Interior of drainage mill showing axle and boss of pit wheel and footing of upright shaft
Part of Frank W Gregory Collection
Unknown photographer
German soldiers on horseback near unidentified mill
German postcard. This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.41. The location of the mill is unknown, and it may not be real.
"Canons de Paris portes a Montmartre, le 15 Juillet 1789"
Postcard came from the Stephen Buckland Collection. Depiction of revolutionary Paris around some Montmartre windmills.
The painting depicted is by Georges Scott a member of the Salon des Artistes Francais.
The postmark cannot be read, but the date cannot be before 1910 as the painting depicted was created in 1910 nor after 1939 when the stamp used ceased circulation.
Artist's depiction of Belgian troops in Lo, West Flanders.
German soldiers atop a wind engine
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
Calendar of 1944 showing painting of a tower mill by a farm.
Barton Mill
Demolished
Long, George
Watercolour of unidentified mill
Part of Small Donations
Litten, Sydney Mackenzie (1887-1949), artist
Part of E M Gardner Collection
The eighty fourth image is a printed reproduction on a piece of cardboard of a watercolour painting of an unidentified watermill. There is no identification of the location and no recorded date of production.
Gardner, Emilie Montgomery (1882-1959)
"Landbrot der Wakendorfer Muhle"
A propaganda postcard seemingly produced by Wakendorfer Muhle located near Bovenau, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The poem calls for the production and consumption of German flour and bread by its people.
"Camp de Coetquidan - Les Moulins de Lizan"
Moulins de Lizan located on the Coetquidan military school, Morbihan.
"Camp de Coetquidan - Moulin d'Avaugours"
Tower mill located near the Coetquidan military school, Morbihan.
"Camp de Chalons - Phare et Moulin"
Postcard postmarked 18 March 1906. One of several wind engines located within Camp de Chalons, Mourmelon-le-Grand, Marne, Grand Est. This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.16.