The original captions on the postcards are displayed in quotation marks within the image caption. It should be noted that, at times, the original captions are representative of the social attitudes (colonialist, Orientalist) of their era. ArchNet captions provide a translation and, when possible, additional information.

In keeping with their nature as objects, the Mediterranean Postcards are displayed in their entirety: their slightly asymmetrical shapes and dog-eared corners are a part of their history.

Originally collected by a member of the Sinoutre family of Marseilles, the album is now housed at the Fine Arts Library of Harvard University. ArchNet thanks Jeffrey B. Spurr, Islamic and Middle East Specialist at the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, for his assistance in making this collection available online.

At present, 88 of the collection's 167 cards are available in the Digital Library; the remainder will be made available in the fall of 2009.