Tall-masted sailing vessels and steam barges crowd the quays of Ghent's Nouveau Port in this atmospheric sepia photograph, the mirrored calm of the water doubling every hull and spar while a warehouse bearing the legend "D.E. Anvers… Frère" anchors the industrial left bank — Ghent's new port, opened in the late 19th century to give this ancient Flemish city direct access to the sea via the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal, was at peak commercial traffic in the Edwardian era and this pristine unused card preserves that moment of bustling maritime commerce in flawless photographic detail, printed by the celebrated Brussels publisher Ern. Thill under the prestigious Nels imprint that defined Belgian topographic postcard publishing.