postcards and photos from the early-mid 1900s

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Munchen, Armeemuseum mit Kriegerdenkmal

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I’ve written all about this place in the other pc and there’s nothing more to say about it. I wrote a long letter and finished it just now too so there’s not much else to say. I’m getting lovely and brown and the first roll of films is to be ready tonight. Rene’s had one […]

Studentinnenhelm des Vereins Studentenhaus E.V

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My room is on the 3rd floor on the right side here, I shall put a spot beside it to show you which one. D’s is on the other side of the house and there aren’t any pics of it. Last year I was in the one you can see on the roof. It’s very […]

Studentinnenhelm des Vereins Studentenhaus E.V.

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This is exactly my room except that I am on the 3rd floor and look onto the tops of the trees instead of into them. We think this is actually Abbie’s room on the first floor. Miss Spence arrived on Wednesday but hasn’t been well. She is staying in a hotel near the station whose […]

Munchen, Pagodenburg

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Where we were this afternoon. This is one of the small castles, all one room, which are dotted about the park. It is ricocco architecture French style. The water is just thick with 6″ fish, I don’t know what kind and you occasionally see one occasionally fat like haddies [Scottish - haddock]. The front path […]

Kloster, Ettal. Inneres der Kirche

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There was a Benedict wine on sale inside the monastery grounds, probably made by the priests themselves and I was very much tempted to get some to bring home ([???]) but thought it wouldn’t be improved by all the travelling it would have to do before then. Most of the Americans bought it and referred […]

Kloster, Ettal

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Dear All, I’m sorry it has been a day that you wouldn’t get a letter - about two days ago, as when I came in last night I found that a letter I had posted I think on Friday night had been returned to me as insufficiently stamped (I knew that already but had thought […]

Munchen, Michaelshofkirche - Inneres

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Dear Father, thanks very much for all the papers that came today - John O’L. the Sketches etc. I saw a short note in one of the papers about the funeral of a dancer called Argentina - it wasn’t the great Argentine was it surely? We haven’t been getting any news at all and [???] […]

Munchen, Braunes Haus

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I think I’ve about exhausted my supply of Munich p/cs so this will be one of the last. It’s the headquarters of the Nat Soc party and is brown in color. Thanks to Auntie [???].C letter this am, mum for her letter, Dorothy for her letter and father for a pc. Mum’s letter and father’s […]

Munchen, Ehrentempel fur die Gefallen. Der 9 Nov 1923

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Munchen, Ehrentempel fur die Gefallen. Der 9 Nov 1923
Lengauer Munchen Nr. 357

194 Munchen. Marienplatz

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Dear Father, This is the town hall on the left and you can see two men in shorts and a girl in the middle in her Bavarian frock and apron just as you see them everywhere. Wouldn’t it be lovely if people dressed like that at home - I wish all wore kilts. We went […]