Postcard of Perspective de la Rue Royale, Paris, collected during the Lovett World Tour

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1908-1909
Abstract
This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure of the Rice Institute.
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A high traffic street named Rue Royale in Paris, France. Buildings can be seen on each side of the street, many pedestrians and horse carries. On bottom of the image reads, "Paris. Perspective de la Rue Royale" Original resource is a Sepia-tone postcard.
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"Postcard of Perspective de la Rue Royale, Paris, collected during the Lovett World Tour." (1908 and 1909) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70632.
Keyword
Events; Lovett, Edgar Odell, 1871-1957--Travel; William M. Rice Institute--History; Lovett World Tour (1908-1909); Rue Royale (Paris, France); More... 8e Arrondissement (Paris, France); Automobiles--France--Paris; Horse-drawn vehicles--France--Paris; Pedestrians--France--Paris; Rice University--History; Lovett, Edgar Odell, 1871-1957--Travel; William M. Rice Institute--Travel; Lovett World Tour (1908-1909)
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Rice University
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https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70632
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This material is in the public domain and may be freely used.
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