This is the back of an unused postcard. The front of the postcard shows a photograph of a gargoyle from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris that had been altered to have the gargoyle resemble General Von Moltke (Helmuth von Moltke), the Chief of the German General Staff at the beginning of the First World War. The labels on the back of the postcard are written in French.

image.postcard.black and white 9.0 x 14.0 cm

French

Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A/V (Audio/Visual)

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University

Les Monstres des Cathedrales No. 4, Von Moltke, postcard (back). [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A/V (Audio/Visual) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved January 22, 2025 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9584

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Caption reads: "Carte Postale, Tous les Pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la Correspondance au recto (Se renseigner a la Poste), Correspondance, Adresse, Edition Lorraine. - Depose, reproduction interdite."

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