Sunday, May 17, 2009

Emile Loubet




Emile Loubet was president of France from 1899 to 1906. It wasn’t until I scanned this postcard, sent in 1905, that I realised that the lines were in fact writing which tell us something of his life. Click on the images to get a better view..

3 comments:

A Lady's Life said...

isn't that interesting.
I would love to write some one a card like this:)

Voegtli said...

It must have taken a lot of time to make the President's picture with these writing lines.

Anji said...

A lady's life: You don't see many like this one around...

Peter: I have beeen wondering how it was done, perhaps with a strong magnifying glass