American Students' Committee of the École des Beaux-Arts postcard album, 1916-1917.

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American Students' Committee of the École des Beaux-Arts postcard album, 1916-1917.

Post card album containing 398 hand-painted watercolor post cards, mostly scenes of French villages and countryside, produced in 1916 and 1917. The back of each post card bears the identical printed image containing the statement "the Comité des Étudiants Américains de l'École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, guarantee the authenticity of this post card."

1.3 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7993490

New Mexico State University

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