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Uploaded on Jul 14, 2007

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

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Uploaded on Jul 14, 2007

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

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Uploaded on Jul 12, 2007

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

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Uploaded on Jul 11, 2007

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

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

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Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Uploaded on Jul 9, 2007

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

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Uploaded on Jul 8, 2007

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