Peace - the Signing of the Treaty with Germany

Category

Library Item

Item no

30357

Title

Peace - the signing of the treaty with Germany

Description

A page from a World War One scrapbook (vol 2) showing an article from The Scotsman from 30th June 1919 about the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1919

Size

38.0 x 31.0 cm

Type

Document; Press cutting

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28th 1919 at the end of months of negotiations between the Allies and Germany. The Armistice on 11th November 1918 ended the actual fighting but the Treaty laid down the conditions for what was the hope of future peace and stability in Europe.

This image is taken from the 2nd of 2 scrapbooks compiled during World War One by the Thomson Family who were living at Glengyle Terrace in Edinburgh. Most of the items pasted into the scrapbooks are press cuttings, leaflets and ephemera but a couple of articles, such as letters and a ration book, give personal details and an indication of the impact of war on the family. Many of the letters of correspondence are sent to Thomas Thomson. Thomas Davidson Thomson was only 3 years old at the outbreak of war and so, his parents must have collated and maintained the scrapbooks, which span the full period of the war, on his behalf.

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