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Port Said and Mesopotamia Postcard/Photograph Album
Bernath Mss 49
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Title: Port Said and Mesopotamia Postcard/Photograph Album,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1917-1919
Collection Number: Bernath Mss 49
Creator:
Bloom, J.
Extent:
.2 linear feet
(1 half-size box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Language:
English.
None.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Port Said and Mesopotamia Postcard/Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 49. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Purchase, 2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
World War I era album, ca. 1917-1919, of British Private J. Bloom, 13th Divisional Cyclist Company, Mesopotamia Expeditionary
Force. Includes 54 postcards from Mesopotamia (many of Basrah [Basra] and surrounding area), 47 of Port Said, and 18 of Marseille.
Also 62 black/white snapshots, most with captions, of fellow soldiers, former Turkish barracks, street scenes, and local residents,
e.g. shepherd, water carrier, letter writer, tea drinkers, shops and shopkeepers, date packer, Kurdish shoemaker, Arab children
- all apparently taken in Iraq, with some identified as being from Basrah.