Life at West Point - Fencing
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Title
Life at West Point - Fencing
Subject
Postcard
Description
Postcard sent on September 21, 1909 addressed to Miss Embry, French Instructor, in Institute, West Virginia. Front depicts two West Point cadets wearing plastrons, masks, and fencing gloves and practicing or fencing with foils. Indian clubs and other gymnastic equipment can be seen in the background. This postcard is no. 2322 of a series and is titled "Life at West Point" with this description:
"Fencing, supplemented by single stick exercise and sabre duelling, constitutes one of the principal branches of gymnasium work at the Academy. It is especially desirable for a military officer, who, despite the waning use of the sword in all modern armies, may at any time be called upon to defend himself with an edged weapon."
On the face is a note in French to the adressee:
"Tout le journée, dimanche, je pairied [sic] et le soir je recois a th??et. Comprenez-vous? Au revoir, mon chere Mademouselle [sic]. Te verrai vous samedi. Te suis, monsieur, ????.
"Fencing, supplemented by single stick exercise and sabre duelling, constitutes one of the principal branches of gymnasium work at the Academy. It is especially desirable for a military officer, who, despite the waning use of the sword in all modern armies, may at any time be called upon to defend himself with an edged weapon."
On the face is a note in French to the adressee:
"Tout le journée, dimanche, je pairied [sic] et le soir je recois a th??et. Comprenez-vous? Au revoir, mon chere Mademouselle [sic]. Te verrai vous samedi. Te suis, monsieur, ????.
Creator
Waldon Fawcett
Date
1909
Contributor
Raphael Tuck & Sons (Publisher)
Rights
© Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Format
13.8 x 8.8 cm
Language
English, French
Type
Still Image
Identifier
2020.01.007
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Owner / Custodian
Loaned for digitization by Benjamin Bowles
Digitization Record
Digitized by Benjamin Bowles ; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles
Collection
Citation
Waldon Fawcett, “Life at West Point - Fencing,” Fencing Arms & Artifacts, accessed April 27, 2024, https://fencingexhibit.com/items/show/101.
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