Antique postcard: Obelisk at La Place de la Concorde, Paris, pre-1907, OK cond

$ 1.46

Country: France Continent: Europe Type: Real Photo (RPPC) Region: Paris Country of Origin: France City: Paris Brand/Publisher: Unbranded Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919 Postage Condition: Unposted Era: Undivided Back (1901-1907) Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in) Number of Items in Set: 1 brand: Unbranded Original/Licensed Reprint: Original Features: Undivided Back, White Border Subject: La Place de la Concorde Theme: Architecture, Cities & Towns, Social History, Paris, Guillotine, French Revolution, Hotel de Crillon, Place Louis XV & XVI, Obelisk of Luxor, Church of the Madeleine Unit of Sale: Single Unit Material: Paper

Description

Antique postcard: Obelisk at La Place de la Concorde, Paris, pre-1907, OK cond. Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette were guillotined here, as were 1,100+ others during the French Revolution. Paris, pre-1907. Blue coloration due to background on which this was photographed. Top shows where card was torn from booklet. Antique postcard: Place de la Concorde with the Egyptian Obelisk of Luxor. Eglise (church) de la Madeleine and Hotel de Crillion in the background. Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette were guillotined here, as were 1,100+ others during the French Revolution. Paris , pre-1907. Taken from an incomplete book of postcards of Paris. Blue coloration due to background on which this was photographed. OK condition, unposted. Top shows where card was torn from booklet .