Des Quinn and Martin Williams Press ‘Esc’ on your keyboard at any time to end the presentation.
Dec 16, 2015
What does this
postcard show?
What do you think the message of this postcard is?
Translation
Postcard courtesy of Des Quinn
What does this
postcard show?
What do you think the message of this postcard is?
Who watches the sea
Postcard courtesy of Des Quinn
What does this
postcard show?
This postcard is advertising German biscuits!
Why do you think that the manufacturers have chosen images such as this to advertise their goods?
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Postcard courtesy of Des Quinn
Postcard courtesy of M. Williams
What do you think the the family are reading
together?
What do you notice about the baby?
How does the postcard make you feel?
Happy
Sad
Alarmed
Calm
Postcard courtesy of M. Williams
Describe the scene on the postcard.
What does the baby want to play with?
Why do you think that such happy, peaceful,
family orientated images were produced during the
period 1914-1918?
What does this postcard show?
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Postcard courtesy of Des Quinn
Yes, just shut your gob and stay
mum,
you little coward!
That friend of sheep rustlers,
Finland, is going to be beaten.
Gunpowder
There’s just one wish
I have on earth:
Germany
must be destroyed! Postcard courtesy of Des Quinn
Just shut your mouth and stay
mum,
You little coward!
That friend of sheep rustlers,
Finland, is going to be beaten.
Who does John Bull
represent?
Why is he attempting to set
fire to the barrel?
Postcard courtesy of Des Quinn