Edwardian Parisians stroll before the sweeping curved colonnade of the Petit Palais on the Avenue Winston Churchill — ladies in wide-brimmed hats, gentlemen in top hats and frock coats — as a fountain sparkles in the forecourt and the great central dome crowns Charles Girault's masterwork of French Beaux-Arts architecture. Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle alongside its twin the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais became the Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris immediately after the fair closed, and this lively street-level view captures it in its earliest years as a public museum, before the tree line matured to obscure the façade. The card is unused, never posted, its cool grey-green tone and fine halftone printing placing it squarely in the pre-WWI French CPA golden age. The reverse carries the standard post-1904 divided-back French format with no writing or stamp, leaving the "M" address line blank. An ideal piece for collectors of Paris Belle Époque architecture, 1900 World's Fair ephemera, or Edwardian street fashion.