File:NPM-pigeon-post-microfilm-0 260305 10 36 2 001.jpg
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| Description | This microform is on collodion, a nitrocellulose-based film which was used in early photography. This microfilm contains dispatches conveyed through “pigeon post” (service des dépêches par pigeons voyageurs) connecting the French communication lines during the Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. | |||
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| Source | National Postal Museum | |||
| Author | Northeast Document Conservation Center, 10/2022 | |||
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| current | 17:07, 31 October 2023 | | 1,481 × 2,100 (1.1 MB) | Fuzheado | pattypan 22.03 |
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