Viewing Object

Object Name

Postcard

Title

Postcard: Nice - Le Casino et Jardin des Palmiers

Maker

Giletta Brothers

Country

Europe

Locale

Nice, France

Dates

Date on Object, 1908

Subject

text

casino

Trees

palm

People

Gardens

umbrella

Description

Foreground depicts a man and woman seated on bench each reading a newspaper. She has long black dress, hat on side of head, feathers around corwn, at her side a white umbrella, man looks quite bundled up with black umbrella at his side. This area slopes down with black wire fence on either side. People walking around the gardens, sitting on benches. Palm trees line many of the paths. Background must be the casino. Quite large, many windows. Other buldings to right and left. Further in distance can be seen a range of hills/mountains. Back has double line seperating the message from the address.

Found

Byers-Evans House

Used

Documentary Artifact

souvenir

Communication Artifact

Inscription

*Printed front top right corner, black ink: "Collection Artistique" (Artistic Collection)
*Printed front bottom left corner, black ink: "Edition Giletta phot. Nice" (Giletta photograph edition, Nice}
*Printed front bottom, middle, black ink: "46. NICE - Le Casino et Jardin des Palmiers" (The Casino and Garden of the Palm trees)
*Hand written front bottom, black ik: "Feb. 24 - '08."
*Printed back left vertically, black ink: "Establissment de l'holograpine Giletta, freres, Nice" (Establishment of the holograpine Giletta, brother, Nice)
*Printed back across top, black ink: "CARTE POSTALE / La Correspondance au recton 'est pas acceptee par tous les pays etrangesr (se renseigner a la Poste) Post Card (The correspondence with the recton is not acceptee by all the countries the post office has the information)"
*Printed back left of double line, black ink: "Correspondance"
*Printed back right of double line, black ink: "Adresse"

Object ID

90.158.2.16

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