Historical information

This photograph is one of a series taken by Allan while travelling through France in mid-1946. There are several letters relating to this journey.

Significance

This is a photograph from the Allan Charles Quinn collection which is a collection of letters and photograph depicting aspects of life at sea for a young man in the era immediately following World War II.

Physical description

A black and white photograph, taken on the 5th of June, 1949, shows one of Rouen's main sight: "Le Gros-Horloge" (Great-Clock), a fourteenth-century astronomical clock in central Rouen, Normandy, France. Rouen had been heavily damaged during World War II.
Buildings of different styles and ages can be seen, as well as people walking.
There is a narrow white boarder around the image.

Inscriptions & markings

On reverse: ROUEN 5-6-49 handwritten in blue ink. Below this is the mark "ItI"in pencil.