THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD INTO THE 20th CENTURY
Marcus W. Robbins, Historian & Archivist
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THE GERMAN VILLAGE HISTORY IN PICTURES
the property of Marcus W. Robbins
Kronz Prinz Wilhelm (unknown location)
Edited postcard
October 23, 1915
Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm at NNY 1916
Postcard: Kronz Prinz Wilhelm at Norfolk Navy Yard (front & back)
Three German Ships at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Three German Ships Adjacent to Drydock #1
(Back of above postcard)
Original German:
Meine liebe Schwester!
Wuensche dir vom ganzen Herzen einen
recht froehliches Osterfest!
Leider habe ich jetzt in
4 Woche noch Kein Brief von
Hause ! Die Lage mit Amerika
wird ja wohl nicht, oder nicht!?
Nue wir können es nicht
ändern!
Es verbleibt mit
bruederlichen Gruesse von
dein Hermann
Die Kante ist: Ein Dienstag Nachmittag auf der Pier
English translation:
Portsmouth, April 22
My dear sister!
With all of my heart, I wish you a truly happy Easter!
Unfortunately I still have had no letters from home for four weeks!
The situation with America is scarcely [good], no!?
At the moment we cannot change it!
[Alternate: [But] at the moment we can’t do anything about it!]
[I] remain yours [sincerely], with brotherly greetings from your Hermann
[On the side] The [picture] angle is: A Tuesday afternoon on the pier
German Village (circa 1916)
German Village Beltline Railroad Bridge in Background and German Village Sailors & 5 Cent Billboard
German Village, pan view
German Village, October 6, 1916
Closeup: RRPC German Village
Kronz Prinz Wilhelm leaving for Philadelphia
