The handsome Second Empire–style Mairie of Neuilly-Plaisance stands proud behind its manicured gardens in this early French postcard, its mansard clock tower reading a frozen moment in time above the word "MAIRIE" inscribed in bold relief across the facade — a bicycle leaned casually against the wall to the left is the only human note in an otherwise formal civic portrait. Neuilly-Plaisance, a quiet commune on the eastern edge of Paris in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, built this town hall in 1899 (the date visible on the clock tower pediment), and the card — numbered 6751 in the E.M. series published by the Anciens Établissements Malcuit of Paris — was almost certainly produced in the first decade of the twentieth century as civic pride in the new building ran high. The reverse shows the publisher credit "Anc. Etab. Malcuit, 41, faub. du Temple, Paris – E.M." with four address lines and no message or stamp, indicating the card was kept as a souvenir or stock item. A gentle ghost image of the front caption bleeds through the card stock on the reverse, a charming artifact of period printing technology.