Antique & Vintage Postcards

Electric trams rumble two abreast across the Pont Morand in this sweeping Edwardian-era view of Lyon, France — a city then humming with industrial energy and Haussmann-influenced grandeur. The wide stone-arched bridge spans the Rhône with the tree-lined Quai Saint-Clair stretching beyond, and the densely packed hillside of La Croix-Rousse — Lyon's legendary silk-weavers' quarter — rising dramatically in the background. A sender named Marie dashed off a warm "Un bonjour de Lyon" ("Greetings from Lyon") and addressed the card to a Mademoiselle Marie at a village in the Rhône wine country, keeping it firmly in the world of everyday French correspondence circa 1910–1915. The red 10-centime Semeuse stamp, tied by a Lyon circular datestamp, adds philatelic color to an already visually rich document of Belle Époque urban life.