My card has been used. It looks like it may have been postmarked in 1906
based on the postmark and the message on the reverse. It is black and
white, but has no identification of the publisher. Postage was paid by what appears to be Scott 113, a common "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" stamp from 1900-1929. The 5c stamp is light green-blue. This site gives a
good description of the church and the organ along with the
specification. There were instruments in the facility prior, but the
current history begins in when Salmon built a postif instrument for the
west gallery. He added other divisions over the next 20 years. In 1839
John Abbey of Versailles was selected to build a new instrument but by
1849 it was still not complete and Abbey went out of business. In
1896-1898 Abbey's sons undertook completion of the instrument. It is
this instrument that was damaged during World War 2, and repaired, altered in 1957 by Roethinger, and
variously worked on over the next several years. The most recent work
was completed in 2006. Much of the 1898 instrument remains.
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