
Vintage Belgian postcard representing a young girl and...
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"
Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.
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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.
8 Italian postcards of the Catacombs of Domitilla in Rome from 1950s
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
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.
Two very beautiful portraits of young girls - French postcards - 1920s
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"
Belgian postcard with beautiful illustration representing a young girl. This postcard is written on the front.
This postcard dates from 1910s.
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.
Booklet of 12 vintage postcards of the city of Nimes by French editor André Poux in the 1950s.
Find more information about André Poux at https://www.apapoux.fr/à-propos
Two vintage French postcard depicting a bouquet of flowers (pansy flowers, roses, poenies) from 1910s.
French postcard with a couple from 1910s with the words "Rêves amoureux" /"Amorous dreams"
Vintage French postcard with a some roses from 1940s on thin cardboard.
French newspaper "L'Ouest" of March 22, 1914 - 8 pages.
State as on the photos.
Vintage Belgian "Bonne fête" postcard with young girl with a bouquet of flowers from 1910. Back probably written in Dutch.
In Europe and probably in other countries, it is tradition to wish a "bonne fête" to relatives and friends according to their first name and the calendar of saints. It is a tradition dating from the 16th century that lasted until the beginning of the 20th century and is gradually being lost.
Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.