NANCY - The Nursery, founded in 1765 by Sallier on the site of the old city's ditches and fortifications — Maison des Magasins Réunis, publisher, Nancy

Description

Colorized postcard depicting Nancy's Nursery, with a printed red poem on the front: 'Under these beautiful and fresh shades, The orpiment of welcoming branches, Go the sages and the wolves. It is, at dawn, a retreat. And, in the evening, a place of celebration.' The back features handwritten correspondence addressed to 'M. the Mayor of Biarritz' (B. des Pyrénées) with a postmark from Nancy dated August 30, 1907.