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Egypt postcard #
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Egypt Postcard 197
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Orientation
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Vertical
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Image Type
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Illustration (anything other than a photograph -- eg drawing, watercolor, etc.) In some cases it can be difficult to distinguish between photographs that have been colorized and detailed illustrations.
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Color
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Color
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Printed text on the Obverse of the card
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L' Egypte Ancien
Rameses IV adorant le Dieu Horus
Ramses IV adoring the God Horus
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Keywords
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Hieroglyphic inscription
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Pharaoh
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Deity
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Studio
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Unspecified
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Reverse Header
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Union Postale Universelle (EGYPTE)
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Language(s) used
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French
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English
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Arabic
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Standard Reverse Format
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Union Postale Universelle (Standard Type A - Arabic/French)
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Address Line(s) (Reverse)
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Yes
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Presence of Stamp Box
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Yes
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Presence of a Postage Stamp
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Yes
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Hand-written communication text
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Dear Walter , I am back again in Europe. Have your letter of Jan 30th and will answer it shortly. I think you are over the "grippe" and hard at work [teaching] again. Don't ride your ["Indian"] when it is [....] That is why you got the grippe.
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Date of correspondence (handwritten)
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February 29, 1904
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Name and address of postcard recipient
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Mr Walter C Richard
c/o Hotchkiss School
Lakeville
Connecticut
United States
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Date when posted
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February 29, 1904
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Place posted
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Ospedal[...] Porto Maurizio
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Notes
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Date received in Lakeville CT postmarked March 12, 1904
Artist name: S. Pollaroli
Italian postage stamp, 1C red with mustachioed gentleman
Top left corner of obverse has handwriting that is illegible except for the word "Paris"
