From Maine Memory Network:

"In September 1905 the Russian and Japanese envoys met at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at the invitation of President Theodore Roosevelt to work out a peace agreement after the hostilities of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. This postcard shows the 'Temporary home (Newcastle, NH) of Sec. Pierce, U.S. reprentative [sic] in Russo-Japanese Peace Conference.'"

Obverse of a postcard designed by H. Pearson distributed at the 1905 w:Treaty of Portsmouth peace conference.

Courtesy of Maine Memory Network.

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