Color-tinted divided-back postcard of the Place des Portes in Brest, Brittany, showing the monumental iron gates of the French naval arsenal at center — the main public entrance to the Brest Arsenal on the Penfeld River. A yellow electric tramcar approaches from the right past a row of Haussmann-era apartment buildings; an ornate multi-arm gas lamppost stands at the corner foreground, and scattered pedestrians in Edwardian dress populate the square. The high stone perimeter walls of the arsenal complex flank the gate on both sides.

• Caption: 559. Brest Place des Portes.
• Card no.: 559
• Publisher: Aqua-Photo, L.V. & Cie (Levy Fils & Cie), Paris
• Status: Unposted