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TMCM Red-Colored Photographic French 1904

1904   5 postcard series featuring adult women portraying TMCM.  Postmarked all to Mademoiselle Brugere.  February 1, 1904.  $35 for the set from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '20.

I never want to disagree with Monsieur Cocq, but I wonder if there is not a missing fourth card in a series of six.  This set quotes La Fontane but, at that point, excises a few lines of his text.  Is there an extra card out there somewhere, to complete this series?  As it is, this photographic series presents a strong contrast between the luxuriously dressed city rat and the simpler country rat in her plain red dress. 

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