Exploring postcards

Gaston Méliès printed promotional postcards for several of his Spring 1911 film releases. There were as many as five different postcards produced for each one-reel (15 minute) film. For the lost films like “The Immortal Alamo,” they provide some of the only illustrations of the film.

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