2024-02-23 14:49
Lainville-en-Vexin is a village not far from Paris, I think this is a charming way to present a view of the village. If you look closely at the carriage, you'll see a bicycle hid… Read More
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A blog about things that I'm interested in and I'm interested in a lot of things (But the postcards took over).
2023-08-15 13:25
Here is a lovely illustration of a Slovakian costume. We had several beautiful postcards by this illustrater. This is the last one left. Our future daughter-in-law is Czech… Read More
2022-09-12 10:08
I chose this postcard because we haven't had many real flowers around this year. This is an embossed postcard. Roughly translated the inscription reads "Sent from a friend… Read More
2022-02-20 10:01
Casinos in the past were very different to our idea of a casino today. Wealthy people would go to places like Mont-Doré to take the water cure. There is still a Casino at… Read More
2021-02-10 16:48
Nestor Moehr was a creator of perfumes. The perfumes Lotus Bleu and Capucine were only two of his creations. Looking online for information I found an empty Lotus Bleu perfume bottle a… Read More
2017-11-19 13:23
Three postcards illustrated by Francisque Poulbot for the “Ligue National contre le Taudis” (League against squalor) which came into being in 1927.Here you see children discussin… Read More
2017-05-03 15:32
This card was posted to France in 1935. A lovely sunset in the Catskill Mountains in New York State. Apparently it was a popular destination for New Yorkers in the mid twentieth century an… Read More
2017-03-28 11:00
This postcard was published in 2001 to publicise an exhibition of the work of Aristide Caillaud who died in 1990 at the age of 88. He started to draw as a prisoner of war in a camp near Dres… Read More
2017-02-20 15:37
Two postcards from Vichy. Vichy is a spa town and the baths have been a popular destination since the 17th century. These two could almost be landscape paintings Read More
2017-01-15 15:20
I recently put these two postcards into our store. I like slightly different views, especially with people included:Château de la Tour is a Hotel nowadays so if you find yourself in C… Read More
2016-11-21 14:05
These children are busy building sandcastles on the shore. It doesn’t matter where you go, or indeed when, there is always construction going on if there are children (and adults too!)… Read More
2016-10-20 15:08
Four happy rabbits with fresh carrots to eat. These four date from around 1901 when the postcard was sent Read More
2016-07-02 13:38
Sometimes things just come together: One of the retired ladies that come to the house for conversation attends ‘old girl’ events that are held for ex-pupils of the school she att… Read More
2016-06-06 15:15
I think most of us have done this when we were small: Teaching teddies, dolls and even little sisters (if I could get them to sit still for long enough). Looking back on those games, I rea… Read More
2016-05-22 15:26
Occasionally we buy postcards when we’re in the UK. Here are a couple of birthday postcards we found last year Read More
2016-03-23 13:45
I wish you a very Happy Easter with lots of chocolate. It’s been a long winter so let’s hope that this weekend is a turning point for the weather Read More
2016-03-12 16:11
I think that this postcard is the photographer’s idea of a joke. There is no such place as Bessé-les-Echelles (Echelle = ladder), the village is called Bessé-sur-Braye… Read More
2016-03-02 14:15
In 1866, Raphael Tuck and Sons started printing pictures and greeting cards in London. In 1893 Queen Victoria granted the firm the Royal Warrant of Appointment, which was continued by future… Read More
2016-02-05 16:53
For a furniture depot in Bordeaux. I wonder why they chose this picture as an illustration. Perhaps their chairs are especially comfortable? Read More
2015-12-22 19:49
2015-12-05 10:33
Two portraits of a little girl. I can't read the dates on the postmark but my guess is between 1905 to 1913 Read More
2015-11-11 12:51
Searching through postcard images on my computer for today 11th November I found plenty: Pictures of soldiers, pictures of ruins, pictures of cannons, pictures of battlefields, pictures of g… Read More
2015-10-21 13:03
If I had the choice, this is a pair of postcards that I would keep for myself. I love the way in which they've been coloured. Such a pretty little girl too Read More
2015-09-27 14:38
Two postcards from Paris posted before 1900. There aren’t many postcards that have survived this long.The Moulin Rouge opened in 1889, just 10 years before this postcard was sent. Th… Read More
2015-08-16 12:22
Four celluloid fantasy postcards. These are quite common, as objects made from celluloid were fashionable for a while. They seem to have been quite versatile. Here we see gold printing, c… Read More
2015-08-12 15:28
The title of the card is; "Nothing will stop these boys from Pine Island Camp"I imagine that Vincent wrote to his parents in the early 60s. He hasn’t put the date on his card. He&rsq&hell…Read More
2015-05-15 10:44
Not my favourite Dickens’s novel; I felt like strangling the Grandfather throughout the book. However it does include one of the best descriptions of life in an industrial town writte… Read More
2015-05-04 15:29
These two pictures were taken about 100 years apart. The Café des Tribunaux is in Dieppe in Normandy.The up to date image comes from Google Earth Read More
2015-04-28 15:13
In 1903 little children timidly enjoy the waves, the girls careful not to get their summer dresses wet. I wonder what happened to them as they grew up. They could have lived through two wo… Read More
2015-04-13 09:13
We went to a auction in Bordeaux last Friday. It was a really good day. We managed to get some good lots and amongst the postcards was this one. There were two postcards made of the artis… Read More
2015-04-11 14:26
Around 115 years ago Royan would have looked like this. Most of it was destroyed by the allies in WWII. I can’t help wondering if the ladies talking their walk would have been affect… Read More
2015-03-28 16:16
Hot on the heels of St Valentine's day comes Easter. Where does the time go? Read More
2015-02-14 14:10
Even in the dark times of war there is a glimpse of hope and light. A happy soldier on leave holds his baby. The drawing on the postcard was made in 1917 by Luchard. I haven’t been… Read More
2015-01-28 16:25
Monsieur et Madame Poulard ran a Hotel at the Mont Saint Michel. Annette Poulard became famous for her omelets, so famous, that she put up a notice warning people to avoid copies of her re… Read More
2014-12-16 14:46
A Christmas card sent over 100 years ago with a seaside theme. From a mother to her son Read More
2014-11-01 16:39
My father sometimes used to make wrought iron work, so I’ve always appreciated the hard work that goes into it. How many hours, I wonder, went into creating these two masterpieces?The… Read More
2014-10-17 15:20
I sent this postcard as a birthday card to someone. I love the way that the dress sweeps round. I wonder what colour it was in real life Read More
2014-10-05 10:35
I think that this is a peaceful postcard. She’s working quietly away at a headdress. Notice the lace on her sleeves and her own bonnet Read More
2014-10-05 10:32
As well as being a popular destination for the jet set (even Queen Victoria enjoyed Nice), Nice was famous for its flower market.This card comes from the collection of an Artist; Antoine-Fra… Read More
2014-06-02 14:27
A postcard of a farm in Normandie. It looks an enchanted place. The card was sent to a Belgian artist, AF Cosyns, who worked in France from 1911 to 1950.He received many interesting postc… Read More
2014-04-26 10:30
Every young girl's dream...The New Home sewing machine was from America, but these postcards are both French. Here is the history of the company with lovely old illustrations, I imagine that… Read More
2014-04-21 16:07
Lili Damita At first I assumed that this was a postcard of a Russian Actress. I sent a scan off to J-M, my son-in-law, for a translation. Not at all a Russian actress, she was born i… Read More
2014-03-31 13:13
…With wishes for the new year by Achille Mauzan. He was a French artist who moved to Italy. Member of the Art Deco movement, he designed over 2000 posters.Unfortunately these cards… Read More
2014-02-22 16:50
Catharina Klein was born in Prussia in 1861. She specialized in painting flowers and fruit and many of her works were used as postcard illustrations. Before the war of 1914 many… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I came across this postcard today depicting a terrible storm back in 1904 in a town in the North of France. As a result of a storm, high winds and a deluge of rain, the little river that we… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I think that I would like to spend a warm afternoon in spring taking a stroll down this road.I looked on Google Earth. There are still plenty of trees and also plenty of houses. … Read More
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