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Two trains in the mountains, hold-to-light night scene with moon and headlights.


Medium/Technique Hold-to-light color lithograph with printed layer on laminated 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 Number2014.12600
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: Gebr. Metz, Tübingen
Bitte gegen das Licht zu halten.
"METEOR" D.R.G.M. 88690.
No. 16507
Back: undivided. Used.

Marks Canceled. Sent 1904 to Hattstadt, France.
InscriptionsYes
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)