War Is


Found this large photo. There was a bit of very faded writing on the back, I cleaned it up and enhanced as best I could:


Best I can do is "War is Hell Mail?? (????)"

Found in "Atlas of Medieval and Modern History" by William R. Shepherd. Published by Henry Holt, 1932.



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at 2/05/2013
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9 comments:

  1. Life and DreamingFebruary 5, 2013 at 11:28 AM

    I'm seeing "War is Hell (hell crossed out) Hail" and then what I think is a date in parentheses. Perhaps 1940.

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  2. AudryFebruary 5, 2013 at 12:21 PM

    When I was reading the back, I saw the last bit as a date as well.

    (1919)

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  3. MrCachetFebruary 5, 2013 at 12:52 PM

    I believe Aparatchick is correct.

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  4. UnknownFebruary 5, 2013 at 2:05 PM

    It's "War is [Hell crossed out] Hail (haha)", not a date.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 5, 2013 at 2:39 PM

    I don't see that word as "is". I see it as a number, either 13 or 19.

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  6. tegemeaFebruary 5, 2013 at 3:44 PM

    There is a book called "Shorty McCabe gets the Hail(1919)" -- maybe someone was making a reference to that?

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  7. Lane Hill HouseFebruary 6, 2013 at 6:50 AM

    Likely meaning hell hole

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  8. ChristaFebruary 6, 2013 at 9:16 AM

    I see "War is Hell (hell crossed out) Hail (1919)".

    But I also see that the "is" looks a little like an "18"...not that that would make much sense...

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  9. UnknownFebruary 6, 2013 at 3:23 PM

    There is a dot over the 'i' in 'is' which makes it an 'i', not a '1'. Also, compare it with the 'i' in 'Hail', the only difference is the size. In the parens, the 'H's are light but you can just pick out the crossbars. Plus, it makes sense he would say 'haha' after bad joke like that.

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