Cartoon Postcard: Two German Prisoners of War Using a Bucksaw While in Rocking Chairs
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- Material Type
- Manuscript
- Date Range
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Accession No.
- 20001044001
- Physical Description
- 1 9.5 cm x 14.6 cm colour postcard
- Scope and Content
- Cartoon postcard of two German prisoners of war (POWs) in rocking chairs cutting down a tree with a two-man bucksaw.
- Material Type
- Manuscript
- Date Range
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Physical Description
- 1 9.5 cm x 14.6 cm colour postcard
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- The postcard was one of a series published by War Prisoners' Aid of the Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA) to raise money in order to furnish German and other POWs with personal necessities - soap, toothbrushes, razors etc. - while they were interned.
- Language
- English
- Custodial History
- The prisoner of war postcards were given to Mr. Jack Eklund, the donor's father, by German prisoners of war (POWs) during World War 2. Mr. Eklund was the foreman on the Bennett Farm just outside Coaldale, Alberta, and lived there with his family. The farm employed German POWs on parole from Camp 133, and they repaid the kindness shown them by the Eklund family with gifts of the postcards and an album.
- Scope and Content
- Cartoon postcard of two German prisoners of war (POWs) in rocking chairs cutting down a tree with a two-man bucksaw.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 20001044001
- Collection
- Archive
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