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L'Astronome

  • The Astronomer

  • 1909

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Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of an astronomer posed with a telescope. An anthropomorphic rendering of a moon is visible in the background. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Album Gravures et Cartes-Postales: Vieux Paris Types Petits Métiers et Cris De La Rue (1909).

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  • 5.5 in. H x 3.5 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 287

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“L'Astronome,” 1909. Donald F. Othmer Papers, Box 287. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/w3763796f.

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