Vintage Belgian postcard representing three children on the farm. Postcard sent in 1913.

15 vintage matchbox labels - Advertising labels from 1930s to 1950s.

Labels are always glued to wood.

4 French religious cards - First communion cards from 1950s and 1960s

Set of 10 photos of the village of Ouradour-sur-Glane (France) in the 1950s.

The original village was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 643 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a company of troops belonging to the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, a Waffen-SS unit of the military forces of Nazi Germany. A new village was built after the war on a nearby site, but on the orders of the then French president, Charles de Gaulle, the original has been maintained as a permanent memorial. The Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour museum is located beside the historic site. (from Wikipedia)

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.

French engraving representing a calf, a cow, a sheep, a ram and a lamb 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.

Vintage French chromolithograph with a young lady representing Russia with golden background from 1890s

Set of 10 French bills of exchange from different periods (from 1950s to 1980s), paper sizes and textures.

The last photo shows the back of the bills of exchange.

These bills of exchange are financial instruments for loans between companies. Before the massive arrival of computers, these exchanges were carried out by hand as shown by these documents.

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

French engraving representing two types of monkey (mabhrouck and papas) dating from the middle of the 19th century.

Édouard Traviès de Villers, born in Doullens on March 24, 1809, and died in Paris 5th on November 18, 18761, is a well-known animal painter, illustrator and lithographer. This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.

Huge French lottery ticket "Les gueules cassées" from 1939.

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

Belgian postcard of a group of children playing around a duck pond from 1910s

Three Bulgarian postcards from the 1910s with medallion - Written in French

French religious card - First communion card from 1910s

Large vintage map of Germany in 1910 from a French atlas of the 1910s. This map on two pages measures 46 x 37 cm and forms the front of the document.

These maps show the world as it was in 1910s...

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.

Large vintage map of Mexico from a French atlas of the 1910s. This map on two pages measures 46 x 37 cm and forms the front of the document.

These maps show the world as it was in 1910s...