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Image Number: 
JRL230201427
Reference Number: 
VPH.307
Image Title: 
Microphotograph of Pigeon's Letter
Creator: 
London Stereoscopic Co.
Page/Sheet: 
Recto
Description: 
Mounted carte de visite, including an albumen print microphotogragh of a page from The Times newspaper, containing information on the France-Prussian War, 1870-71. Printed on the card above the photograph: ‘Pigeon’s Letter/ A Memento of the Great War of 1870-1 when Paris, for several months, depended solely on the carrier pigeons for all information from the outer world. The Times, containing several columns of French advertisements, &c. to relatives in Paris.’ Printed on the card below the photograph: ‘This photograph was sent to M. Gambetta for transmission by pigeon from Bordeaux. When received in the Bureau at Paris, it is magnified by the aid of the magic lantern, to an enormous size and thrown upon a screen. A staff of clerks immediately transcribe the message and send them off to the parties indicated. Stereoscopic Co. COPYRI.’ On the reverse is a ‘cut out’ gap, the size of the photograph. In green ink surround the gap is the partial logo of the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, 54, Cheapside, 110 & 108, Regent Street. Below the logo the words: ‘This negative is preserved for further copies, enlargements can at any time be produced without another sitting.’
Language: 
English
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Category of Material: 
Visual
Sub-Category: 
Analogue photography
Technique Used: 
Albumen process
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
101 mm
Item Width: 
64 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2023-02-14
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2023-03
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Photography