Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1936
Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1936.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.
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.
Except for digital products, all items are not reproductions, so there may be some wear and tear depending on age what makes it so charming.
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The dimensions and weight of the items offered on this site are expressed in centimeters (cm) and in kilogram (kg).
Here is some information to help you convert them into your own measurement system:
- 10 cm is about 4 inches,
- 1 kg is about 2.2 pounds.
Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1936.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.
8 French invoices with headings related to vehicle maintenance (gasoline, tires, etc.) from 1920s and 1930s.
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.
Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of roses from 1930s.
French religious card - First communion card from 1910s
Huge vintage map of western Russia from a French atlas of the 1910s. This map on two pages measures 54 x 41 cm and forms the front of the document.
On the back you will find a smaller map of the Caucasian region (41 x 27 cm) and a map of Poland (41 x 27 cm) in the 1910s.
These maps show the world as it was in 1910s...
Set of 10 photos of the city of Tulle (France) in the 1950s.
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.
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.
French postcard from the 1900s depicting two children with angel wings.
Set of 20 very decorative vintage cigar bands of different sizes and patterns probably from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Vintage French postcard with a some roses from 1940s on thin cardboard.
French postcard of a young girl in the fields and a proverb from 1900s
Old French photograph of a girl and her doll made by the photographer Numa Blanc (father) circa 1879 with a richly decorative back. This photo could be dated quite precisely thanks to the website ArtPlastoc at https://artplastoc.blogspot.com/2019/01/972-numa-blanc-1816-1897-numa-blanc.html.
Set of 9 French vintage letters from 1900s and 1910s in their envelope.
Belgian postcard representing a countryside scene with a mother and her child. This embossed postcard dates from 1910s. This postcard has been sent and the back is written.
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.