- WPAC-WAT-01825
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- 1915 or earlier
This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1915 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.
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This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1915 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.
Unknown publisher
This copy of the postcard bears a 1/2d stamp. The postage rate for postcards rose to 1d in 1918, so the image presumably does not date from later than that year.
Unknown publisher
This copy of the postcard indicates that a 1/2d stamp is required. The postage rate for postcards rose to 1d in 1918, so the image presumably does not date from later than that year.
Unknown publisher
This copy of the postcard bears a 1/2d stamp. The postage rate for postcards rose to 1d in 1918, so the image presumably does not date from later than that year. The following is printed in small font size on the rear of the postcard: 'No. 4 - "Here is the Mill with the Humming of Thunder
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"Truppenubungsplatz Munsingen. Artillerie"
The military training ground in Münsingen. German postcard postmarked 26 July 1909. Sent by a German soldier in the 5-6N Ubungsplatz.
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
Unidentified mill with Danish soldiers marching past
The message on the reverse is in Danish which is why the mill has been provisionally located in Denmark.
This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.40.
Exterior of small brick building, presumably watermill, with hipped/tiled roof
Part of Frank W Gregory Collection
Unknown photographer
The old tower mill at Crécy-en-Ponthieu which King Edward III used as a lookout during the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346.
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.
Part of Geoff Holman Collection
Back of Photograph includes a pencil diagram with measurement entitled "Front face of brake wheel"
Unknown photographer
Part of James Waterfield Collection
Waterfield, James, miller and millwright
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
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.