A man with a grey beard sits on the ground next to a stone wall spinning something in his hands. Sitting next to him a younger man does the same. Behind them a third, probably a teenager, sits with his back against the wall. The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title: "EGYPTE. - 4. Les trois ages de la vie!...Autour d'un vieux fileur habile, un jeune homme s'initie, un plus jeune reve au soleil." ("The three ages of the life!...Around an old skilful spinner, a young man initiates himself, a younger dreams with the sun.") Postcard issued by "Jesuites Missionnaires, 6, Rue d'Auvergne, Lyon." The back also contains information about the printer: "Imprimerie M. LESCUYER, Lyon."
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