North Station — monumental façade with colonnades and statues — publisher J.H. and series number visible

Description

View of the North Station in Paris, showing its neoclassical façade adorned with statues and columns, with a crowd of pedestrians and vehicles at the entrance. Two French 5-centime postmarks are affixed at the top left. The reverse features a handwritten letter addressed to Madame Guypt in Dampierre-sur-l'Haute-Marne, with a note about foreign countries refusing correspondence from this side.