{"product_id":"paris-vecu-elephant-jardin-acclimatation-antique-postcard","title":"Paris Vécu – Elephant Ride at the Jardin d’Acclimatation – Antique French Postcard","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal early twentieth-century French postcard from the “Paris Vécu” series, published by L. J. \u0026amp; Cie, Angoulême-Paris.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis charming photographic postcard depicts an \u003cstrong\u003eelephant ride at the Jardin d’Acclimatation in Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e, with two elegantly dressed passengers seated on the animal while attendants walk alongside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe scene offers a fascinating glimpse of leisure and entertainment in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century. The elephant, the period clothing and the park setting create a particularly unusual and evocative image of everyday recreational life in old Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePrinted at the lower edge:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Paris Vécu. — Au Jardin d’Acclimatation”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“L. J. \u0026amp; Cie, édit., Angoulême-Paris”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA handwritten inscription at the top of the front reads \u003cstrong\u003e“Paris le 10 Sept…”\u003c\/strong\u003e, while another handwritten message appears along the lower edge: \u003cstrong\u003e“Affectueux souvenir…”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis example is \u003cstrong\u003ecirculated and posted\u003c\/strong\u003e, with an \u003cstrong\u003eundivided address-only back\u003c\/strong\u003e, handwritten addressing, an original \u003cstrong\u003egreen French 5-centime postage stamp affixed on the front\u003c\/strong\u003e, and several postal cancellations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA particularly appealing piece for collectors of \u003cstrong\u003eold Paris, the Jardin d’Acclimatation, zoo and leisure history, animal-themed postcards, postal history and antique French ephemera\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paris Vécu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries checklist no.:\u003c\/strong\u003e 51\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Au Jardin d’Acclimatation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e L. 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