Elegant Edwardian ladies in full-length dark gowns and plumed hats promenade below the Belle Époque grandeur of Les Bains d'Evian — the famous thermal bathing establishment at Évian-les-Bains on the southern shore of Lake Geneva — in this finely printed undivided-back card that predates the modern postcard era's golden age. The halftone illustration captures the building's ornate domed roofline and sweeping terrace balustrade with the precision of a steel engraving, while the fashionably attired figures below speak to the resort's elite clientele of European and British aristocracy who flocked to Évian's mineral springs at the turn of the century. The back bears the "République Française / Carte Postale" heading with the undivided format ("Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse") and a handwritten notation "Trankreich" (German for "France"), suggesting a German collector or correspondent. Card no. F.2000.