Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1937
Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1937.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.
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Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1937.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.
Vintage French fashion magazine "La femme chez elle" with illustrations, articles and advertising - April 1931 - 34 pages
"La femme chez elle" is a French bi-weekly women’s magazine, founded in 1899, then disappeared in 1938. Everyday life is relayed through embroidery, cooking, education, good manners or even furniture advice.
Set of 8 French bills of exchange from 1950s with tax stamps and rubber-stamps.
Note that several bills of exchange have a hole in the lower left corner: these bills of exchange had to be stapled to the corresponding bills and had to be detached more or less cleanly once the customer had paid the expected amount.
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.
Set of 10 French bills of exchange a bookshop of the city of Dijon from 1930s with tax stamps and rubber-stamps.
Dimensions: 25 x 10 cm for nine bills et 27 x 10 for the largest.
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.
Set of 9 small French bills of exchange from 1950s with tax stamps and rubber-stamps.
Note that several bills of exchange have a hole in the lower left corner: these bills of exchange had to be stapled to the corresponding bills and had to be detached more or less cleanly once the customer had paid the expected amount.
The last photos show 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.
French bearer share of 100 francs from 1920s of a fuel company in Paris.
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".
Set of 8 French bills of exchange of a shoe factory from 1950s with tax stamps and rubber-stamps.
Note that several bills of exchange have a hole in the lower left corner: these bills of exchange had to be stapled to the corresponding bills and had to be detached more or less cleanly once the customer had paid the expected amount.
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.
Belgian postcard with beautiful illustration representing a young girl. This postcard is written on the front.
This postcard dates from 1910s.
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
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.
Vintage Belgian postcard representing two children in the basket of a hot-air balloon. Postcard sent in 1911.
10 French bills of exchange from a hardware store in eastern France from 1960s.
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. The last photos shows the back of the bills of exchange.
Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1936.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.
Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of May 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.