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

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

French postcard representing a young woman in front of an easel with the inscription "Bonne fête" from 1910s. 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.

Two postcards representing pears and plums from 1900s.

Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of August 1909 with beautiful Art Nouveau cover, many articles about history, fashion, arts, literature, music, kitchen, and many engravings and photos.

Le Gaulois is a daily French literary and political newspaper founded on July 5, 1868. It became the property of press boss Arthur Meyer and was published until 1929 before being merged with the Figaro. Due to it large size, this magazine will be sent folded in half.

A funny animal illustration by French painter and illustrator Ray-Lambert dating from the 1930s.

Vintage Belgian postcard representing two children in the basket of a hot-air balloon. Postcard sent in 1911.

Vintage Belgian "Bonne fête" postcard with young girl with a bouquet of flowers from 1910.

This postcard bears the mention "De tout coeur" which can be translated into "wholeheartedly".

Old French photograph of a woman of the middle class made by the photographer Léon Langlois in Paris. This photograph can be dated from 1882 to 1890 since Léon Langlois began his activity in 1882 at 7 Boulevard Sébastopol and moved his photography salon in 1890 at 76 Boulevard Voltaire.

Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.

Beautiful French letterhead from a soldier send in 1940 to his wife. Beautiful header of 134th Infantry Regiment of French army with the effigy of a Gaul.

The letter suffered the outrages of time and humidity which also makes it visually beautiful to me

French engraving representing a peccary and two African boars by the drawer Victor Adam dating from the middle of the 19th century.

Jean-Victor Vincent Adam, born in Paris on January 28, 1801 and died in Viroflay on December 30, 1866, is a French painter and lithographer. He has illustrated numerous works and his drawings have been interpreted in engraving by Antoine François Gelée, Émile Giroux and Jean-François Pourvoyeur.

This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.

Huge and decorative bearer share of a loan realized in France for Serbia in 1913 on two sheets.

The owner of this bearer share could sell each small coupon at the stock exchange price and the coupons sold were cut.

Each bearer share have one sheet of 100 coupons. On each bearer share five were cut and sold by their owner as shown in the last photo. 

These documents were traditionally kept between two bed linen for the less fortunate, in a safe at home or in a bank for the more fortunate. 

This single document could have been a lot of money at the time.

These documents will be sent folded in four as they have been kept since decades.

Set of 10 photos of the city of Lucerne (Switzerland) 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 12 photos of the Musée Grévin in Paris in the 1950s.

More information about the Musée Grévin at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musée_Grévin.

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.

Very beautiful portrait of a young girl - French postcard - 1920s

Vintage French postcard with a young child with a basket of flowers from 1900s.