Category Archives: wwi

WWI Ambulance Research

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’m working on a proposal that involves an ambulance driver in World War One, and I took notes on this interesting book: Farmcarts to Fords: A History of the Military Ambulance, 1790-1925 by John S. Haller, Jr. p. 147 “Mobility … Continue reading →

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The Research Book Dilemma

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

My name is Victoria, and I am a book hoarder. If I were still an impecunious graduate student, the lack of funds to buy books would be a constant pain, but as an adult with a job, my struggle is … Continue reading →

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World War One Recruitment Posters

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I love looking at the material culture of the First World War as well as reading the rhetoric of the period. These recruitment posters are a good example of how men were convinced to enlist in the armed forces. Guilt … Continue reading →

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The Art of War – World War One Poster Art

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Today’s post is what is sometimes referred to as “picspam.” I find WWI-era posters fascinating. Here are a few interesting ones. I’ll post some recruitment posters later this month. Posters aimed at financing the war were very common. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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The Faces of World War One

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

This post originated as a guest post for Lust in Time in December, 2008. I rarely use photographs to give me character ideas, though occasionally after the story is in progress, or finished, I realize the character looks like a … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from a War Nurse’s Diary: The Operation-Theatre

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Tomorrow’s post is by Crystal Jordan, who’s graciously agreed to visit. That’s her latest book’s cover illustrating this post. Today I have more from the nurse’s diary I’ve been reading. ### Towards the end of November we took over the … Continue reading →

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ANZAC Cookies

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

It is ANZAC Day. These cookies were meant to keep fresh for a long time, to be shipped by boat from Australia and New Zealand to the European front during World War One, but they are also very yummy cookies. … Continue reading →

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Theda Bara in "A Fool There Was"

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

As part of my research into the period of World War One, I watched a video copy of the 1915 Theda Bara movie, A Fool There Was. It’s a silent, intended both to titillate and to warn against dangerous women. … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from A War Nurse’s Diary: The General

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

The following is an excerpt from A War Nurse’s Diary: Sketches from a Belgian Field Hospital, published 1918 by Macmillan and now in the public domain. This sort of first-person account is sometimes more useful than anything else when researching … Continue reading →

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Soldiers of the 369th

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

African-American soldiers of the 369th (15th New York) who won the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action. I love looking at photographs from the period I’m researching. It reinforces that I’m reading about real people, who lived real lives, … Continue reading →

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