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WWI Postcards Offer Intimate Perspective Of The Great War

We learn about an exhibit called Postcards from the Trenches, which features artistic postcards created by German and American soldiers.

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A postcard hand-painted by artist Otto Schubert while he was fighting in World War I.

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Dozens of postcards from World War I are on display in Houston to commemorate the 100th anniversary of The Great War.

The exhibit, called Postcards from the Trenches: Germans and Americans Visualize the Great War, features artistic postcards created by German and American soldiers.

Dr. Irene Guenther is a history professor in the Honors College at the University of Houston. She's also the co-curator of the exhibit, which is on display at The Printing Museum.

Houston Matters producer Maggie Martin sat down with Dr. Guenther to talk about how the exhibit got started.