Today, we all met up at the Auckland War Memorial Museum to gather more information on our topic and postcards during 1915.
Below are some interesting photographs of postcards during the First World War.

 Figure One: White Feather Movement (Fenton, Lord, McLean, & Shoebridge, 2013)

 Figure Two: White Feather Movement (Fenton, Lord, McLean, & Shoebridge, 2013)

 Figure Three: I'm Thinking of You (Auckland Institute and Museum Library, 2014)

 Figure Four: I'm Thinking of You (Auckland Institute and Museum Library, 2014)

 Figure Five: Christmas Greetings (Auckland Institute and Museum Library, 2014)

Figure Six: Christmas Greetings (Auckland Institute and Museum Library, 2014)

 Figure Seven: Happy Christmas (Auckland Institute and Museum Library, 2014)

 Figure Eight: Happy Christmas (Auckland Institute and Museum Library, 2014)

 Figure Nine: Happy Christmas (Auckland Institute and Museum Library, 2014)

 Five Ten: Untitled (Roberts, 2008)

 Figure Eleven: Canada Finds a little dog in Hun Trenches and presents it to Nurses (Roberts, 2008)

 Figure Twelve: A Covering movement by the Right wing to protect the rear.  (Roberts, 2008)

Figure Thirteen:  A Covering movement by the Right wing to protect the rear. (Roberts, 2008)

 Figure Fourteen:  Postcard Century 1915 (Phillips, 2000, p. 94)

Figure Fifteen: The Military Miss, Prepared to Face Powder (Phillips, 2000, p. 94)

Numerous postcards included textures from the paper to hand embroidery used on the front. Others included real life photographs or paintings with quotes attached, giving us a range of styles to recreate.

Briar

References:

Auckland Institute and Museum Library. (2014). Ephemera Collection. Auckland.

Fenton, D., Lord, C., McLean, G., & Shoebridge, T. (2013). New Zealand and the First World War 1915-1919. Auckland: Penguin.

Phillips, T. (2000). The Postcard Century. New York: Thames & Hudson .

Roberts, A. (2008). Postcards from the Trenches: Images from the First World War. Oxford: Bodleian Library.