[Microphotograph of French newspaper]

[Microphotograph of French newspaper]

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[Microphotograph of French newspaper]

ca. 1871
Microphotograph on collodion
Image: 1 11/16 × 1 3/16 in. (4.3 × 3 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 4 1/16 in. (8.3 × 10.3 cm)
Frame: 3 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 1/2 in. (9.5 × 11.4 × 1.3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
2012.0529.0001
Inscriptions Printed in original, image recto, TC: Service des DÉPÈCHES PAR PIGEONS VOYAGEURS organisé par \ M. STÉENACKERS DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL DES TÉLÉGRAPHES ET DES POSTES \ À M. MERCADIER rue de Grenelle-Saint-Germain, No103. PARIS \ DÉPÈCHES PRIVÉES ET DE SERVICE PHOTOGRAPHIES MICROSCOPIQUES- [followed by microdocument of 144 pages]

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