Black-and-white photograph. The writer is wearing a pale checked suit with white shirt, a dark bow tie and white breast pocket handkerchief. His hands are resting in his lap. He is holding a pipe in his right hand. He is looking to the left. In the background is an open balcony door. Inside the room, books can be dimly made out on a table and a bookshelf. Handwritten note on the back: "Nice 1939 on the balcony from our apt, Rue Maréchal Joffre"