[Microphotograph of French document]

[Microphotograph of French document]

Photograph

[Microphotograph of French document]

ca. 1871
Albumen silver microphotographic print
Image: 2 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (6.3 × 3.8 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 4 in. (8.3 × 10.1 cm)
Frame: 3 3/4 × 4 15/16 × 9/16 in. (9.5 × 12.5 × 1.4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
2012.0528.0001
Inscriptions Printed in image, recto, TC: Service des Dépèches par Pigeons voyageurs organisé par \ Mr. Stéenackers, Directeur Général des élégraphes er des Postes \ À Mr. Mercadier Rue de Grenelle, St Germain, 103. Paris \ Dép. Off. 2eme Série No 28. [followed by two columns of print]
Printed in image, verso, BR: [below sample print and numbers] Ecrit le 6 Décembre 1870.

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