Artichoke flower

Artichoke flower

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 14, 2007

0 comments

Bonne fête

Bonne fête

Another Happy saint's day postcard. The postmark is difficult to make out but according to the stamp it was sent around 1910.

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 14, 2007

1 comment

Happy saint's day

Happy saint's day

This postcard was sent to my great grandmother - whose first name was Mary - on August 15th 1910. I like the little girl's face.

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 12, 2007

0 comments

Love postcard

Love postcard

This postcard was sent to my great grandmother by her fiancé in April 1907, fourteen months before...

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 11, 2007

2 comments

Aix-les-Bains 1905

Aix-les-Bains 1905

Aix-les-Bains, located at the heart of the Savoie Olympic region on the edge of the Le Bourget lake,...

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 10, 2007

0 comments

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (1)

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (1)

I found 6 postcards from 1903, relating an episode in French History which illustrated the conflict...

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

1 comment

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (2)

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (2)

The Carthusian Brothers have always been famous for their liqueur named Chartreuse after the Grande...

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

0 comments

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (3)

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (3)

According to tradition, in 1605, a monk near Paris was presented with an alchemical manuscript that...

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

0 comments

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (4)

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (4)

The formula is said to call for 130 herbs, flowers and secret ingredients combined in a wine alcohol...

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

0 comments

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (5)

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (5)

When the monks were expelled by French law in 1903, their property - including the distillery - was...

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

0 comments

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (6)

Expulsion of the Carthusian Brothers (6)

The monks returned to the monastery and began to produce Chartreuse again with the tacit approval of...

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

0 comments

The Grande Chartreuse Monastery (7)

The Grande Chartreuse Monastery (7)

Today, the liqueur is produced in Voiron, near Grenoble, using the herbal mixture prepared by 3 monks...

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

0 comments

Happy Easter

Happy Easter

Sent in 1907 to a certain Andrée Lacroix in Paris from her mother Léonie.

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

1 comment

April 1st 1908 - Flower unfolded

April 1st 1908 - Flower unfolded

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

0 comments

April 1st 1908

April 1st 1908

This postcard was sent to my great grandparents in 1908. The flower unfolds by pulling the piece of string (see next photo).

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

0 comments

Two little boys

Two little boys

I don't know who these little boys are, probably brothers. The photo is in a very poor condition and...

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 8, 2007

1 comment

Mom as a baby

Mom as a baby

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 8, 2007

1 comment

School photograph

School photograph

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jul 8, 2007

1 note / 2 comments

← prev 1 2 3 4
(67 items)
Subscribe to a feed of stuff on this page... Subscribe to bergamuse's photostream – Latest | geoFeed | KML