Vintage French postcard representing a young woman with...
Vintage French postcard representing a young woman with flowers from 1910s. Written back.
Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.
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Vintage French postcard representing a young woman with flowers from 1910s. Written back.
Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of October 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.
10 French invoices with headings from 1920s.
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.
A funny animal illustration by French painter and illustrator Ray-Lambert dating from the 1930s.
Three Belgian chromos of the chocolate brand "Côte d'Or" about Belgian folklore from 1940s.
Vintage Belgian postcard representing a young girl and her mother teaching her to knit sent in 1913. Back probably written in Dutch.
Postcard legend: "Knitting lesson"
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.
This postcard was edited by the Parisian Etoile company created by the photographer and industrialist Gaston Piprot, inventor of the patented process "émaillographie". This process gave an incomparable quality of photography for the time as well as a new glazed aspect in the field of the postcard.
Postcard legend: "Je ne sais pas si vous pensez toujours à moi" / "I don't know if you still think about me"
Large French liner menu with an incredible choice of dishes.
This is the menu of February 3, 1962 aboard the liner "Flandre". The menus were different every day.
This liner made crossings between Europe and North America between 1952 and 1962 for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
Block of 6 old French stamps representing Gargantua from 1953. This stamp was created by draughtsman and engraver Henry Cheffer. These stamps have not been used.
20 French envelopes from 1930s and 1940s of different colors and sizes - Without letters inside.
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.
8 French invoices with headings related to vehicle maintenance (gasoline, tires, etc.) from 1920s and 1930s.