Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of flowers from 1920s.

Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of flowers from 1920s.

Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of lily of the valley from 1920s.

Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of lily of the valley from 1920s.

Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of roses from 1950s.

Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of roses from 1950s.

Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of roses from 1950s.

Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of roses from 1930s.

Vintage French chromolithograph of the Chocolat de la Marine brand from 1910s

Vintage French chromolithograph of the Chocolat de la Marine brand from 1910s

Vintage French chromolithograph of the Liebig brand from 1920s

French birthday postcard representing a young women with flowers from 1910s.

French postcard representing the cinema actress Else Berna.

French vintage postcard representing a young woman with flowers from 1910s.

Vintage Belgian postcard with a young child with two baskets of flowers from 1910s.

French vintage postcard representing a little girl with flowers from 1910s. It has been written by a young children.

French birthday postcard representing a little girl from 1910s. It was sent in 1911.

Vintage Belgian postcard representing a young woman with a bouquet of flowers sent in 1919.

Postcard legend: "Heureuse fête"

Religious crest hand painted with a Lorraine cross of the 1930s.

This object was most likely handmade by an individual. This small cardboard object can be placed thanks to a small retractable tab.

French postcard representing a young woman surrounded by flowers with the legend "Bonne fête". This postcard dates from 1910s.

In Europe and probably in other countries, it is tradition to wish a "bonne fête" to relatives and friends according to their first name and the calendar of saints. It is a tradition dating from the 16th century that lasted until the beginning of the 20th century and is gradually being lost.

Advertising blotter of the French Francorusse entremets brand from 1950s

Blotting paper (or blotter) is a porous paper capable of absorbing a small amount of liquid. It was mainly used to dry the writing when it was written in ink with a pen: ink can be deposited irregularly and dried slowly could cause stains and maculatures, the use of blotting was often necessary.

Old French photograph of a woman of the middle class from 1930s.

The date was inscribed in pencil "September 1931".

Hand fan from the Vichy city Casino in paper and wood.

This fan was developed by the fan maker ESPI known for these advertising fans at the beginning of the 20th century.

The town of Vichy became an important spa in the second half of the 19th century. The first Vichy Casino was the Grand Casino de Vichy, built under the Second Empire and designed by the architect Charles Badger, who carried out the work completed in 1858. The casino opened on July 2, 1865. At the beginning of the 20th century, the casino was enlarged. An Art Nouveau style theater designed by architects Charles Le Coeur and Lucien Woog was added to the existing building. As modern as the Paris Opera in terms of machinery, the theater presents a stage opening 12 meters by 15 metes.

Huge aerial photography of Paris from 1950s

You will can see on the picture (in French): La Place de la concorde, l'hôtel Crillon, l'ancien Ministère de la Marine, le Sacré Coeur, l'Opéra Garnier, l'obélisque de la Place de la Concorde, le début du jardin des Tuileries et de nombreuses voitures de l'époque.