The view looks down Avenue Carnot from Place de la République in Belfort, with tall 19th-century buildings, shop awnings, pedestrians, and tram tracks running along the center. Belfort was a fortified city in eastern France, shaped by its resistance in the Franco-Prussian War and by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Lion of Belfort. The street shows the commercial life of the city in the years before World War I.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
5th May 1912.
My dear Cousin
Very many thanks
for your letter received
1st April and the stamps
which caused great joy
to the children. I am
going to spend some time in
Paris 3 weeks or so. We are
all well thank God.
What an awful accident!
the Titanic and what brave people
to bear the loss with such Christian
spirit what an example!
Love to you from all here
Yr aff. coz. Sarah Fawck.
Sepia real-photo print; white border; blue ink dealer mark "WANGER" at lower left; light edge and corner wear.
Postmark: [illegible] DE BELF[ORT]. French 10c Semeuse stamp; divided back; sender dated it 5 May 1912 and mentions the Titanic disaster; light edge wear, stamp corner creased.
Cite this card
Avenue Carnot from Place de la République, Belfort, France, 1912, postcard, c. 1912. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/avenue-carnot-from-place-de-la-r-publique-belfort-france-191. Accessed November 2, 2026.
