Set of 20 photos of the dome of Milan in Italy, in Italian "duomo di Milano" in the 1950s.

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 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.

24 pages French notarial document of the Dieppe region in France on old paper rather thick and rigid.

Center pages larger than the other pages have been meticulously folded to the same size

This document dates from 1933 and corresponds to an acknowledgement of debt.

French religious card - First communion card from 1910s

French postcard entitled "le valet de coeur" (the jack of hearts) from 1900s

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

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 postcard of a young girl in the fields and a proverb from 1900s

12 French bills of exchange from a boilermaker 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.

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.

Vintage French postcard with some roses from 1940s.

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.

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.

Old French photograph of a middle class woman in the 1900s made by the photographer Emile Boulin in Orléans.

Set of 13 French commercials concerning companies working in the world of publishing and printing mainly in Paris.

Paper sometimes thick and sometimes glossy.

The last photo shows the back of these advertisements which sometimes contain other advertisements.

Beautiful bill of a thermal Grand hotel addressed to Baron Brincard from 1894.