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The collection illustrates with great clarity the various styles particular to each region.   The cards have been arranged in three albums, according to the subject matter with which they deal, highlighting the original collector's strong interest in scatological subjects.\n\n","physicalDescription":"A postcard depicting a woman in a flowered pink dress with yellow sleeves gazing up at the statue of a well-muscled male nude, whose genitals are covered with a fig leaf. The inscription in French reads: 'Autumn, the last leaf. 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The collection consists of 442 postcards mounted in three bound albums and accompanied by a typed catalogue dated 1960.  It was acquired in 1960 by E.J. 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