
Correspondence book of a French young schoolgirl from the...
Correspondence book of a French young schoolgirl from the 1950s.
This notebook indicates the marks and the appraisals given by the teacher to the student.
Block of 6 old French stamps representing Gargantua from 1953. This stamp was created by draughtsman and engraver Henry Cheffer. These stamps have not been used.
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Correspondence book of a French young schoolgirl from the 1950s.
This notebook indicates the marks and the appraisals given by the teacher to the student.
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.
Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of May 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.
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
Very beautiful portrait of a young girl - French postcard - 1920s
Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1937.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.
Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of August 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.
15 vintage matchbox labels - Advertising labels from 1930s to 1950s.
Labels are always glued to wood.
Vintage French fashion magazine "La femme chez elle" with illustrations, articles and advertising - May 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.
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"
A funny animal illustration by French painter and illustrator Ray-Lambert dating from the 1930s.
French religious card - First communion card from 1910s
Booklet of 20 vintage postcards about Rabat in Morocco by French photographer Marcelin Flandrin in the 1920s. These postcards are slightly blue colored.
Some details about the photographer from wikipedia:
"Marcelin Flandrin (1889-1957) was a French military photographer.
Marcelin Flandrin settled in Morocco in 1901, where he completed his military service as a volunteer in 1912. A photographer by profession, he served in the Service Photographique des Armées (fr), completing a series of reports during the Rif War. In World War I, he served in the French Air Force, finishing as an aerial observer sending aerial shots of battles.
He settled in Casablanca, capturing the city in transformation from 1921 to 1930, publishing a book entitled Casablanca de 1889 à nos jours in 1929. In 1921, he published aerial images of a flight from Casablanca to France in L'Illustration. In 1922, he illustrated the Morocco pavilion at the Exposition coloniale de Marseille. In 1924, his photos were published in "Nordafrica" next to those of Rudolf Lehnert. He covered the official visit of Sultan Yusef of Morocco to France in 1926. Marcelin Flandrin was also one of the most important publishers of post cards in Morocco. He was also the first to do aerial photography in Morocco; he notably captured the last known photograph of a wild Barbary lion in the Atlas Mountains, taken on a flight from Casablanca to Dakar in 1925." (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelin_Flandrin).
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.
Huge French lottery ticket "Les gueules cassées" from 1939.
These lottery tickets were sold in the street or in small shops to help veterans.
Block of 6 old French stamps representing Gargantua from 1953. This stamp was created by draughtsman and engraver Henry Cheffer. These stamps have not been used.