Grace Green Alexander and friends
Elsie de Wolfe (Lady Mendl), Grace Green Alexander, and Winifred Ives at Versailles.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1906
Your TR Source
France--Versailles
Palais de Versailles – La Salle du Conseil
This postcard shows the Council Chamber of Versailles, which Charles C. Myers notes was also used as a Study and Wig Room by King Louis XIV of France. The room is ornately decorated, and sports a table in the middle of the room underneath a chandelier, while stools sit at either side of a fireplace. Several large mirrors occupy large sections of wall.
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Creation Date
1910-12
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Palais du Petit Trianon – Cóté du Parc
This postcard shows the palace of the Petit Trianon, another building in the vicinity of Versailles situated near the Grand Trianon. This smaller white building stands in behind a lawn bordered with beds of plants, as well as a reflecting pool holding a statue. Charles C. Myers says that like other buildings in the area, it was used by the royal family as a resort and place of rest.
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Creation Date
1910-12
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Palais du Grand-Trianon – La Chambre á Coucher de Napoléon 1er
This postcard shows the bedroom which Napoleon Bonaparte used during his stays at the Grand Trianon palace. The room has a bed and several dressers with Greek-style urns, as well as chairs, tables, and a chandelier.
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Creation Date
1910-12
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Palais du Grand-Trianon – La Façade
This postcard shows the front of the palace of Grand Trianon, located near Versailles. In front of the facade is a large cobbled courtyard, where there are a number of potted trees. A carriage drives away from the palace. Charles C. Myers explains that this palace was built by Louis XIV as a more secluded palace for his wife, Madame de Maintenon, and was a quieter place to hold balls and receptions.
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Creation Date
1910-12
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Palais du Grand-Trianon
This postcard shows a view of the palace of the Grand Trianon, looking over the gardens seated outside it.
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Creation Date
1910-12
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Palais de Versailles – Salon de l’ Œil-de-Bœuf
This postcard shows a lavishly decorated room hung with several chandeliers. The room, which Charles C. Myers says was used variously as a dining room, reception room, and antechamber, is named for the bull’s eye window which is situated high on the far wall.
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Creation Date
1910-12
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Mosaic Calendar Postcard
This postcard shows a calendar for 1911 underneath the portrait of a woman. Charles C. Myers explains that he chose this postcard less for the calendar it shows, but for the example of mosaic tiling, which surrounds the picture of the woman. Many of the tables in Versailles were covered in mosaic tiling.
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Creation Date
1910-12
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Palais de Versailles – La Chambre á Coucher de Louis XIV
This postcard shows the lavishly decorated bedroom of King Louis XIV at Versailles, with decorations and furniture said to be the same as they would have been at the time of his death in 1715. The canopied bed is flanked to either side by large painted portraits. A railing separates the bed from the main part of the room.
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Creation Date
1910-12
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Palais de Versailles – La galerie des Glaces
This postcard shows the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, a long hall lined with windows on one side and mirrors on the other. The hall is richly decorated with paintings on the walls, as well as on the ceiling.
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Creation Date
1910-12
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Versailles-Vue a vol d’oiseau sur le Parc, le Palais et la Ville
Postcard showing an overhead view of the Palace of Versailles, its grounds with twelve fountains, and the city of Versailles. Charles C. Myers notes that the view is as seen from an air balloon.
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Creation Date
1910
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Parc de Versailles-Le Bassin d’Apollon le Jour des Grandes Eaux
Postcard showing a crowd surrounding one of the water features of the gardens at the Palace of Versailles. Charles C. Myers notes that the palace is visible in the distance.
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Creation Date
1910
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Parc de Versailles-Le Bassin de Neptune le Jour des Grandes Eaux
Postcard showing a crowd surrounding one of the water features of the gardens at the Palace of Versailles. Charles C. Myers notes that the water sprays reach a height of fifty feet.
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Creation Date
1910
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Palais de Versailles-Cote du Parc
Postcard showing a large building, the Palace of Versailles, from a distance. A statue is visible towards the foreground. Charles C. Myers notes that this view is from the palace’s gardens and shows one of many examples of statuary throughout the grounds.
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Creation Date
1910
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Palais de Versailles-La Statue de Louis XIV et la Cour de Marbre
Postcard showing an equestrian statue of King Louis XIV in the courtyard of the Palace of Versailles. Charles C. Myers discusses the history of the palace’s creation.
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Creation Date
1910
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Palais de Versailles-Facade principale
Postcard showing people in front of the gates of the Palace of Versailles. Charles C. Myers discusses the history of the palace’s creation.
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Creation Date
1910
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Paris– Versailles Narrative
Charles C. Myers describes a series of fifty-one postcards illustrating his visit to Paris and Versailles.
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Creation Date
Unknown
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Colonel Roosevelt in Fine Arts Museum
Colonel Roosevelt in the Fine Arts Museum, Versailles, France.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1910