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1920s antique TRAVEL PHOTO ALBUM Mt ST MICHEL france BRETON COSTUMES VANNES fair
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Antique black-paper photo album, measuring approx. 5.25\" x 9\", containing 30 original mounted photographs from early 20th-century France. All photos shown.
The handwritten captions and views identify locations in Brittany (Vannes, Guehenno, Logueltas, Josselin) and extend north to Mont Saint-Michel (Normandy).
Content Highlights:
Pig & Cattle Market, Vannes – farmers, herds, crowd scenes, and sellers in Breton costume. Notable caption: “An argument. The wife is waiting to grab the cash.”
Street Life & Commerce – shops, cafés, and signs (AU PETIT COMMERCE, TABAC TAMARELLE BRIEN), rustic half-timbered houses, stone gates, and bustling markets.
Village & Rural Views – “The cemetery at Logueltas” and “Logueltas ½ mi from our camp”.
Breton Monuments – “An ossuary at Guehenno (near Josselin) erected 1550”, one of the grand calvaries of Brittany.
Vendors & Folkways – women at market with baskets of carrots, beans, potatoes, and fish; villagers driving pigs and cattle down cobbled lanes (“Hustling him along”, “After the cattle sale outside a buvette”).
Religious & Social Life – “A wedding at the Cathedral” showing guests outside the ornate church entrance.
Landmarks – concluding with a distant view of the iconic Mont Saint-Michel, captioned as such.
Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Kingfield Historical Society (Maine). Donation noted in hand by Ann Snow, dated Aug. 8, 1999.
Historical Value: A scarce travel/ethnographic album documenting Brittany’s fairs, costumes, villages, and monuments, combined with a rare early 20th-century view of Mont Saint-Michel.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
CONDITION: See listing description and photos.
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