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HOLD CARD TO LIGHT. OFFICIAL SOUVENIR POSTAL CARD. Bridge over Lagoon.

Publisher: Samuel Cupples Envelope Co. (St. Louis, MO, 1851 – 1912)
American
about 1904

Medium/Technique Hold-to-light chromolithograph with transparency paper on die cut card stock.
Dimensions Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2014.12263
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: SAMUEL CUPPLES ENVELOPE CO., ST. LOUIS, MO., SOLE WORLD'S FAIR STATIONERS.
Back: undivided. Mint.
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)