Vintage French postcard with some roses from 1940s
Vintage French postcard with some roses from 1940s.
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.
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Vintage French postcard with some roses from 1940s.
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.
Collection of correspondence of a young French man working in Romania to his parents in France between 1918 and 1921. This young man, Theo, worked for the French Economic Bureau in Romania. In spite of the turbulent times of this period that he sometimes relates, he was able to make some trips to Eastern Europe. His letters are mainly sent to his parents and his younger sister. This set includes 48 manuscript letters.
Huge French lottery tickets "Loterie Nationale" from 1941.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.
Vintage French fashion magazine "La femme chez elle" with illustrations, articles and advertising - April 1931 - 34 pages
"La femme chez elle" is a French bi-weekly women’s magazine, founded in 1899, then disappeared in 1938. Everyday life is relayed through embroidery, cooking, education, good manners or even furniture advice.
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.
Booklet of 24 vintage postcards of the city of San Sebastian by Spanish editor Gregorio González Galarza in the 1910s.
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.
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...
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.
Vintage French postcard with a young woman squire from 1904.
Note that the addresses were not precise at the time but the mail arrived at the destination.
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.
Vintage French postcard with a young woman with a typical Roaring Twenties hat from 1928.
Postcard handwritten by a very young girl.
Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.
Vintage French chromolithograph with a young lady representing the United States with golden background from 1890s
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.