
French religious card - First communion card from 1910s
French religious card - First communion card from 1910s
Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1940 and 1941.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.
Except for digital products, all items are not reproductions, so there may be some wear and tear depending on age what makes it so charming.
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French religious card - First communion card from 1910s
Vintage Italian postcard from the island of Capri from 1910s. French written back.
Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.
French bearer share of 100 francs from 1920s of a fuel company in Paris.
Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of June 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.
Set of 10 photos of the city of Tulle (France) 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.
Vintage French postcard with a some roses from 1940s on thin cardboard.
10 French bills of exchange with beautiful red tax stamps from 1970s.
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. Each pack is very similar.
French engraving representing two types of monkey (Barbary macaque and gibbon) by the drawer Edouard Travies 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.
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.
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.
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.
Vintage French postcard of the Italian actress Guglielmina Marchi from 1904.
Note that the addresses were not precise at the time but the mail arrived at the destination.
Large wedding photo of the French phtographer Paul Boyer.
More info about Paul Boyer at http://laphotoduxix.canalblog.com/archives/2010/01/22/16736125.html
French postcard entitled "le valet de coeur" (the jack of hearts) from 1900s
Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of September 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.
Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1940 and 1941.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.