
French religious card - First communion card from 1910s
French religious card - First communion card from 1910s
Four birth announcement cards from 1940s to 1960s and a birth certificate.
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French religious card - First communion card from 1910s
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: "Dois-je croire à votre amour ?" / "Should I believe in your love?"
Large French liner menu with an incredible choice of dishes.
This is the menu of February 2, 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.
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.
French engraving representing two large rodents and a hunter by the drawer Victor Adam dating from the middle of the 19th century.
Jean-Victor Vincent Adam, born in Paris on January 28, 1801 and died in Viroflay on December 30, 1866, is a French painter and lithographer. He has illustrated numerous works and his drawings have been interpreted in engraving by Antoine François Gelée, Émile Giroux and Jean-François Pourvoyeur.
This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.
Beautiful French letterhead from a soldier send in 1940 to his wife with a 4-leaf clover and a horseshoe, two lucky symbols.
The letter suffered the outrages of time and humidity which also makes it visually beautiful to me
10 French notarial and insurance documents of the Dieppe region in France with different sizes and colors.
These documents date from 1870s to 1920s.
23 pages French notarial document (of which 7 handwritten pages) 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 1925 and corresponds to an acknowledgement of debt.
French postcard representing a young woman in front of an easel with the inscription "Bonne fête" from 1910s. This postcard dates from 1910s.
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.
Belgian postcard with beautiful illustration representing a young girl. This postcard is written on the front.
This postcard dates from 1910s.
Set of French envelopes almost identical from 1960s with same stamp, same addressee...
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.
Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.
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.
Four birth announcement cards from 1940s to 1960s and a birth certificate.