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Episode 2: The Wipers Times - Newspapers from the Trenches

March 12, 2017 by Keri Schroeder in book arts

In early 1916 on an excursion through the ruined city of Ypres, Belgium, British soldiers came across a damaged letterpress machine in a bombed out print shop. Over the next two years, Captain Frederick J. Roberts and his men produced twenty-three issues of gallows humor, poetry, and prose. In this episode, we’ll delve into some of the history, the process, and production of The Wipers Times. 

March 12, 2017 /Keri Schroeder
wipers times, letterpress, trench newspaper, WWI poetry, First World War, Ypres, frederick roberts, book history, military history
book arts
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