{"product_id":"antique-postcard-album-over-130-early-1900s-postcards-of-northern-france-wwi-pas-de-calais-arras","title":"Antique Postcard Album — Over 130 Early 1900s Postcards of Northern France, WWI Pas-de-Calais \u0026 Arras","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAn evocative antique postcard album, bound in embossed burgundy cloth with gilt “ALBUM” lettering to the cover, containing over 130 postcards from the early twentieth century, the majority depicting towns and villages across the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France — including Arras, Béthune, Bruay, Aubigny-en-Artois, and Mont-Saint-Éloi. The collection includes a striking run of “Guerre Européenne” (WWI) views showing wartime damage and ruined church towers at Mont-Saint-Éloi, alongside pre-war street scenes, civic buildings, mining views (“Fosse” collieries at Bruay), and architectural landmarks such as the Porte Baudimont at Arras. Many captions are bilingual French\/English, suggesting the album was compiled for or by a British visitor to the region during or shortly after the First World War. A particular highlight is a woven silk postcard, “Eglise du Mont-St-Éloi 1915,” depicting the bombed church towers amid smoke.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe postcards are mounted throughout on corner-tabbed album pages in the period manner. Genuine age wear to the binding, including some rubbing and a split to the spine hinge, consistent with a well-used album of this age; postcards themselves are in generally good, legible condition. A substantial and historically rich collection, of strong interest to collectors of WWI ephemera, French deltiology, or local history of the Pas-de-Calais.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"windsorvintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58507658592630,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/2834\/5765\/files\/32E3962A-80FF-466C-9472-B16B5D55FC16.jpg?v=1787239994","url":"https:\/\/windsor-vintage.co.uk\/products\/antique-postcard-album-over-130-early-1900s-postcards-of-northern-france-wwi-pas-de-calais-arras","provider":"windsorvintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}