France: WWI Bomb Damage - Destroyed French Post Office Archive Ruins Gas Shell (Vintage RPPC 1910s)

vintage french real photo postcard from the first world war documenting the aftermath of war destruction. the front features a dramatic photograph of a completely devastated attic archive room, likely inside a french post office or government town hall after an artillery bombardment or air raid. the roof structure is heavily blown open, showing destroyed wooden beams, shattered shelves, and thousands of official paper documents, letters, or files scattered all over the floor.
the back is formatted as a french carte postale with clean fields for correspondance and adresse. it has no stamps or postmarks.

matte gelatin silver print

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

postally unused

condition: good to very good...lfoxing/staining...silvering..general wear...please also refer to scans which show complete front and back of postcard

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