Scarce undivided-back real-photo postcard, c. 1901-1907, with grim subject matter -- "Le Culte Des Morts" -- or the Cult of Death in France. French mourners, dressed in black mourning clothes, pass by an almost skeletal, death-like figure seated on a chair. The quote along the right side of the image is from an 18th c. French priest, Jean Baptiste Massillon, who had great literary abilities. He wasn't interested in dogmatic questions, speaking instead about moral issues and the secrets of the human heart. In this instance, he's quoted speaking on the "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" theme, saying that the care of tombs can become a vulgar obsession, because the ashes of fathers and friends are dust. Published by Galerie Chretienne of Paris, No. 16, and a hard-to-find funereal collectible in very good condition, save for a light crease at bottom left not materially affecting this unusual postcard.