Amiens in 1918

I find it fascinating how postcards were used at the time as “news.”

Well, not exactly news but as visual historical documents. It totally makes sense when you think about it, not even newspapers had pictures at the time.

Today, the street is still a residential street with a series of townhouses of similar size.

Amiens, May 14th,
Dear Mr. Adrien,
Please excuse our delay in writing to you. We always put things off until the next day, and time flies. Rest assured, we haven’t forgotten about you. We often talk about you. I imagine the weather is really hot for you. Here, too, it’s quite hot. I hope you can go fishing now. My husband hasn’t gone yet, but now that the weather is nice, he will be able to. He hasn’t been feeling well lately; his stomach pains have returned, but they won’t last. We hope you, Mr. and Ms. B are in perfect health. My husband, children, and I are sending you our best wishes and kisses. We’re sending you our friendship and good memories.
Ms. Gense

Waiting for your news.
Hello to Miss Camille!
I’m sending you a picture of a neighborhood in Amiens that was bombed.

I assume May is May 1919. I don’t remember Ms. Gense sending many postcards, so it must be shortly after the Gense family returned home to Amiens after the war. As a reminder, the Genses were a family from Amiens who, like many families from the north of France, fled to the south when Germany invaded France in 1914, and they spent the war with my grandfather's family before returning home when the war ended.