Old French photograph of pretty young woman made by the photographer Henri Delgay in Toulouse in 1920s.

Vintage Belgian embossed postcard with an illustration representing a young girl a young girl going to sell the fishing fish. Postcard sent in 1908.

Postcard legend: "Vive Sainte Marie" / "Long live Saint Mary"

Set of 12 photos of the Musée Grévin in Paris in the 1950s.

More information about the Musée Grévin at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musée_Grévin.

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 chromolithograph with a young lady representing the United States with golden background from 1890s

Vintage French postcard with a young woman at sunrise and bedtime from 1900s.

Postcard legend: "Bonjour - Bonsoir" / "Hello - Good evening"

Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1937.

These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.

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

Vintage French chromolithograph of a confectionery in Paris from 1890s

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.

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.

6 French invoices with headings from 1920s.

Belgian postcard with beautiful illustration representing young girl releasing small birds from their cage. This postcard dates from 1910s. This postcard has been sent in 1910.

5 French envelopes from of different colors and sizes without letters inside

One of these envelopes date from a time when the postage stamp did not yet exist. It appeared in France from 1850.

At that time, the envelopes as we know them today were very rare. The envelopes were created from a folded sheet six to ten times.

The letters were at that time often closed by a wax stamp, still present on some letters.

In this pack, you will have both some classic envelopes and those consisting of a folded sheet.

The photos correspond to the envelopes you will buy.

Beautiful French letterhead from a soldier send in 1940 to his wife. Beautiful header of 134th Infantry Regiment of French army with the effigy of a Gaul.

The letter suffered the outrages of time and humidity which also makes it visually beautiful to me

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.

Vintage Belgian postcard with young girl with her hands joined in prayer from 1910. Postcard sent in 1911.