Bookmark Novelty
Title
Bookmark Novelty
Subject
Novelty
Description
Possible brass and copper bookmark in a small sword-like shape. The novelty is attached to three sheets of paper by string.
Inscription: On the front of the paper hand written in black ink, “ Souvenir form Verdun-1916” “Maker is “C-bus” by French soldier.” On the back is written “I wish it given to American soldier who was come in France in 1918 and who lives in North Carolina Mm Bousevres 1917… Paris.” Part of the inscription is illegible.
Inscription: On the front of the paper hand written in black ink, “ Souvenir form Verdun-1916” “Maker is “C-bus” by French soldier.” On the back is written “I wish it given to American soldier who was come in France in 1918 and who lives in North Carolina Mm Bousevres 1917… Paris.” Part of the inscription is illegible.
Creator
Tabatha Butler Photographer
Source
1949.3.68
Publisher
Idaho State Historical Society
Date
Circa 1949
Contributor
Idaho State Historical Society
Rights
Idaho State Historical Society
Relation
Still image of novelty in Merci Train collection
Format
Height: 2.75” Length: 4.25”
Language
French
Type
Stil image
Identifier
1949.3.68
Coverage
Idaho State Historical Museum's Storage
- Date Added
- December 14, 2011
- Collection
- Idaho Merci Train Collection
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Citation
- Tabatha Butler Photographer, “Bookmark Novelty,” Idaho Merci Train, accessed March 28, 2024, https://idahomercitrain.omeka.net/items/show/33.