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Postcard, Bas relief, The Golden Dog

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Title	Postcard, Bas relief, The Golden Dog
Description	This bas relief of "Le chien d'or" has adorned the pediment of the Louis S. St. Laurent building, the former main post office in Quebec City, since 1688. Described as a view card, based on realistic image of a specific location. Unused, photolithography, color, with divided back.
Date	Between 1907 - 1913
Subject	Postcards - 1900-1910 Postcards - Québec (Province) - History Bas-reliefs Dogs Plaques - 1600-1700
Geographic Location	Québec City, (Canada)
Publisher - Original	Montreal Import Co.
Publisher - Digital	Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Notes	Text, in French: Je suis un chien qui ronge lo En le rongeant je prend mon repos Un tems viendra qui nest pas venu Que je morderay qui maura mordu Roughly translated into English: I am a dog gnawing my bone In so doing I rest alone A time will come that’s yet to be When I bite he who’s bitten me
Language	eng fre
Source	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 6, Folder 4
Format - Original	Postcard: 5.5 x 3.5 inches
Collection	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll2
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison.
Type	Image Text
Format - Digital	image/jp2
Object File Name	bbf00069.tif