Folkestone - 407 diapositives.
Estimation :
1500 / 2500
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
Interesting account of Folkestone 1914-1917. During World War I the town became host to some 65000 Belgian refugees fleeing the conflict. Images of trenches, Collège belge, Bureaux belges, the parish church, life at the beach, the American gardens, fishing, the fishmarket, fishermen, the harbour station, the grand fleet, the harbour, English recruits, Canadian soldiers who were based in Folkestone, firemen, derby recruiting, the environment, fox hunting, the bombing of May 25th 1917, the catching of a shark, the departure of the boat "Victoire", Folkestones Royal Pavilion Hotel (most of the building was demolished in 1981-2), Lower Sandgate Road, Queen's Hotel (pulled down in 1963), Grace Hill, the Pier, images of a heavy storm, walks, mackerel fishing, etc. Most of the slides with a handwritten legend. Among the slides 57 portraits of refugee families a.o. of Martha and Henri Thienpont, Marie Timmermans, the family Van den Bogaerde, Boudouin van Overstraeten, etc. We join : 59 diapositives about the Red Cross. Mostly slides for educational use providing information about the Red Cross' history, organisation and guidelines such as the uniform for men and woman, a Red Cross Certificate, the history behind the creation of the flag, hospital ships and trains, Queen Alexandra (president of the Red Cross from 1905 to 1925), J.H. Dunant (founder of the Red Cross), etc. Some original images of a training of voluntary aid detachments. Labels : "E.G. Wood".
