{"product_id":"paris-vecu-produce-sellers-les-halles-antique-postcard","title":"Paris Vécu – Produce Sellers at Les Halles – 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 atmospheric photographic postcard depicts \u003cstrong\u003e“Marchands de primeurs aux Halles”\u003c\/strong\u003e, a group of produce sellers at the famous \u003cstrong\u003eLes Halles market district in Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe scene shows merchants posing beside baskets, crates and market goods beneath the arcaded market buildings. Period advertisements and posters cover the surrounding pillars, adding rich visual detail and offering a vivid glimpse of commercial life in old Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe image is a particularly evocative record of \u003cstrong\u003efood trading, market culture and everyday working life in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePrinted at the lower edge:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“26. Paris Vécu. — Marchands de primeurs aux Halles”\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\"\u003eThis example is \u003cstrong\u003eunused and unposted\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a \u003cstrong\u003edivided back\u003c\/strong\u003e, no correspondence, no postage stamp and no postal cancellation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA pencil inventory notation reading \u003cstrong\u003e“N°41”\u003c\/strong\u003e is visible in the upper left corner of the reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA particularly attractive piece for collectors of \u003cstrong\u003eold Paris, Les Halles, food history, market trades, social history and antique French postcards\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 41\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinted card no.:\u003c\/strong\u003e 26\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marchands de primeurs aux Halles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e L. 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The photographic image, figures, market details and printed caption remain clear and well defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe reverse is clean overall and remains unused, with no correspondence, stamp or postal cancellation. 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