Avenue Victor-Hugo, Cassis, France
Date1930
Mediumphotomechanical print; ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 3 1/2 × 5 7/16in. (8.9 × 13.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Edith Cowles Poor
DescriptionBlack and white postcard depicting Avenue Victor-Hugo in Cassis, France. There are many people, mostly men and boys, milling around in the street in the foreground. The street runs into the background away from the camera. There is a row of buildings on each side of it. On the left there is a shop awning that reads "TABACS". On the right is a large building with a sign that says "HOTEL LIAUTAUD" on the front and "HOTEL" on the side. There is a car parked in the street in front of the hotel.
Object number2008.38.44
MarkingsPrinted in black ink on recto: "41 / CASSIS. - Avenue Victor-Hugo et l'Hôtel Lieutaud. - LL"There are several illegible postmarks stamped on recto, near the top of the postcard.
Printed in black ink on verso: "CORRESPONDANCE / LÉVY ET NEURDEIN RÉUNIS, 44, RUE LETELLIER, PARIS, IMP. / ADRESSE"
Stamped in black ink on verso: "POSTE"
Stamped in black ink on verso, within a circle: "GRENOBLE-GARE / [N]OVII30 16 / ISERE"
Stamped in black ink on verso: UTILISEZ LA POSTE / [line]AERIENNE[line]"
Stamped in black ink on verso, within a circle: "[SOU]TH MANCHE[STER] / JULY / [illegible] / [illegible]"
Stamped in black ink on verso, within a circle: "GRENOBLE-G / 1930 / OVII30 16 / [I]SERE"
There is a black, oval cancellation mark in the top right corner.InscribedHandwritten in black ink on verso: "Believe it or not - we had lunch here / on Sunday where the patron was / quite loquacious about Monsieu[r] / Cheney. A swim at the little / beach & a grand drive in a / big Renault car with private / chauffeur! Dinner at La Réserve / which is gorgeous setting [underlined] BUT / the Boulabaise [sic] no better than / il y a sept ans. We're now in / Grenoble which we think a / nice place & have discovered a / new wine "Hermitage" - very cheap & / excellent - It's just too bad about us!"
Handwritten in black ink on verso ["South Manchester" and "Connecticut" crossed out in pencil: "Mr Russell Cheney / South Manchester / Connecticut / États-Unis"NotesDate note: Date the photograph was taken is unknown. Postcard was mailed in 1930.
This postcard was sent to Russell Cheney. He was the youngest child of Kinght Dexter Cheney and Ednah Dow Smith. He had ten older siblings. Russell was an artist.
Mark note: The South Manchester postmark and oval cancellation mark were likely made by a "duplex canceler" which applied both marks at the same time.
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