{"id":854,"date":"2017-06-04T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T12:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/?p=854"},"modified":"2017-12-04T10:20:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T10:20:53","slug":"paper-and-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/paper-and-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper and War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/the-night-parliament-burned\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-856 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/undated-this-is-a-march-2012-handout-photo-the-parliam-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Parliament, 1916\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/undated-this-is-a-march-2012-handout-photo-the-parliam-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/undated-this-is-a-march-2012-handout-photo-the-parliam-144x144.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/undated-this-is-a-march-2012-handout-photo-the-parliam-78x78.jpeg 78w, https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/undated-this-is-a-march-2012-handout-photo-the-parliam-230x230.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/undated-this-is-a-march-2012-handout-photo-the-parliam-251x250.jpeg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-855 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Air_Raid_Damage_in_Britain_during_the_Second_World_War_HU36220A-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"St.Paul's Cathedral, Air Raid, 1940\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Air_Raid_Damage_in_Britain_during_the_Second_World_War_HU36220A-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Air_Raid_Damage_in_Britain_during_the_Second_World_War_HU36220A-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Air_Raid_Damage_in_Britain_during_the_Second_World_War_HU36220A-78x78.jpg 78w, https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Air_Raid_Damage_in_Britain_during_the_Second_World_War_HU36220A-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/davehuer.com\/cartoproblematica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Air_Raid_Damage_in_Britain_during_the_Second_World_War_HU36220A-251x250.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The combination can be disastrous. When Parliament burned in 1916, a quick thinking clerk and two iron doors saved the Library.<\/p>\n<p>During episodes of fire and war, memory is not so lucky. Many private records &#8211; and the memories of the creators of those documents &#8211; were lost. The men and women and children who penned the records left to us. War and Fire and Flood and Disaster. The stuff of loss of a nation&#8217;s memory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Images:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Parliament, 1916: <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/the-night-parliament-burned\">http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/the-night-parliament-burned<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">St. Paul&#8217;s Cathedral, 1940: By Mason, Herbert, Daily Mail photographer &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/media.iwm.org.uk\/iwm\/mediaLib\/\/7\/media-7743\/large.jpg\">http:\/\/media.iwm.org.uk\/iwm\/mediaLib\/\/7\/media-7743\/large.jpg<\/a> This is photograph HU 36220A from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=30835255\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=30835255<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The combination can be disastrous. 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