This card shows a scruffy, ink-stained photo of L'arc de Triomphe in Paris, not worth posting if it weren't for the message on the b...

Alise Sainte Reine is a tiny town in Burgundy with a population of just over 600. Small as it may be, it is thought to have been the site of...

Here's the back of the card, sent to Louis Madeline, who was a soldier stationed in Saint-Mihiel, in the Meuse department of Lorraine, F...

This is an embroidered silk card from World War I, with the initials A.S.C. Those letters could stand for any of the following: American ...

The kind and wonderful Janine bought this card at a flea market in Belgium and sent it to me. Thank you, Janine! The printed text is in F...

Here's a patriotic booklet from 1917. This looks pretty serious. So, what do you suppose the booklet urges you to do to help the war ...

The picture above is a real-photo card of Camp Upton, on New York's Long Island. Camp Upton isn't there anymore; in its place you wi...

After World War I, many children in France were left orphaned or fatherless. Donations were sought to support newly-established orphanages ...

This card was sent to Miss Helen Lihr, who worked for New York Air Brake Co. in Watertown, New York.  Although the company had previously fo...

This card would serve to acknowledge a contribution made to help support French war orphans of WWI.  The back of the card reads: " Su...

The Palais du Trocadéro was built for the 1878 World's Fair in the form of a large concert hall with two wings. It contained a large or...

The recipient of this card may well have been the mother of "wee Edith" from yesterday's post. This silk embroidered card wa...

This peace postcard includes a removable Belgian lace handkerchief. The various victor flags are represented in the stitching of the number...

U.S. Army Post, so no postage required. It's December 16th, 1918 and WWI has been over for just over a month. Mail is still censored th...