Huge French lottery tickets "Le petit quinquin" from 1942.

These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.

Huge French lottery tickets "Loterie Nationale" from 1941.

These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.

Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1936.

These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.

Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1937.

These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.

Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1938.

These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.

Set of 20 photos of the city of Padua (Italy) in the 1950s.

These photos are typical of the 1950s and 1960s, during which tourism progressed a lot but not all tourists were equipped with a camera. These photos were sold on the tourist sites allowing everyone to keep a souvenir of the visit.

Set of 20 photos of the city of Verona in Italy in the 1950s.

Verona is a very old Italian town, in the region of Veneto, near Lake Garda.Founded in the 1st century BC, the historic city of Verona experienced periods of expansion in the 19th and 19th centuries and under the Republic of Venice. A remarkable number of ancient, medieval and Renaissance monuments are preserved here. Following the Romeo and Juliet tragedy of William Shakespeare in 1597, whose action is situated in this city, the city becomes the most famous romantic city in the world, called the «city of lovers of Verona».

These photos, linked to each other and folded into a small booklet, are typical of the 1950s and 1960s, during which tourism progressed a lot but not all tourists were equipped with a camera. These photos were sold on the tourist sites allowing everyone to keep a souvenir of the visit.

French postcard representing a young woman surrounded by flowers with the legend "Bonne fête". This postcard dates from 1900s. it has been sent, but the back is unwritten.

English postcard with beautiful illustration representing a young girl making tea - "Polly and her kettle". This postcard dates from 1910s. This postcard has not been sent, the back is unwritten.

French postcard firts day representing the castle of Cheverny, one of the castles of the Loire/ Back written.

Old French photograph of a mother and daughter in the 1920s made by the photographer Emile Mauvillier in Besançon.

Old French photograph of a middle class woman in the 1910s

Vintage French postcard with a small bouquet of pansies from 1920s. Written back. 

Postcard legend: "Des pensées et mon coeur" / difficult to translate, in French the term "pensée" means both "pansy" and "thought".

Set of small black and white 10 photos of the city of Nîmes from the 1950s.