This is a black and white postcard showing a photograph of a gargoyle from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The image has been altered to have the gargoyle resemble the German First World War General Alexander von Kluck. In description accompanying the photograph, the general is described as "one of the rascals, leader of the band who ordered the ravaging of the North of France and who, out of spite, pitilessly bombed Soissons.”

image.postcard.black and white 9.0 x 14.0 cm

French

Gargoyles.
Kluck, Alexander von, 1845-1934.
World War, 1914-1918.

Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A/V (Audio/Visual)

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University

Les Monstres des Cathedrales No. 5, Von Kluck, postcard (front). [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A/V (Audio/Visual) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved April 27, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9587

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Postcard caption reads: "Les Monstres des Cathedrales No 5, Von Kluck. L'un des chenapans, chef de bande qui a ordonne les ravages du Nord de la France et par depit a bombarde impitoyablement Soissons."

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