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Birds Eye View of Calais, Me.

Publisher: Reichner Brothers (Boston, Münich, Leipzig, 1906 – 1914)
about 1910

Medium/Technique Chromoithograph and metallic pigment on embossed card stock.
Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2014.12084
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: Made in Germany. Reichner Bros, Illuminated Postcard (Series Calais 502). 14578
Back: undivided. Mint.
InscriptionsYes, front: "from Alice"
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2014, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)