French Collection (#89)

Road and church at Teboursouk, Tunisia, North Africa
Road (entrance to a military camp) and church at Teboursouk, Tunisia, North Africa, with French soldiers and a car. Date: circa 1930

Grand Hotel d Angleterre, St Jean de Luz, France
Grand Hotel d Angleterre and Hotel de la Plage, St Jean de Luz, Basses Pyrenees, France. circa 1907

Grand Hotel des Victoires, Yvetot, Normandy, France. circa 1910

Ferry service, Quillebeuf, Normandy, France
Ferry service on the River Seine, Quillebeuf, Normandy, France. Date: circa 1908

Ornate water towers, Dunkerque, France. Date: circa 1910s

Church with clock tower, Gamaches, Somme, France. 1910s

Amusements in Biarritz by Bryan de Grineau
Sketches recording life in Biarritz as pictured by the artist Bryan de Grineau in 1931. Holidaymakers are trying out the Basque sport of pelota - wearing a beret of course

The Brave and the Fair at Pourville
Some impressions of the Grand Hotel and Casino at Pourville on the Normandy coast, one of a number of resorts in the area to attract the chic and sophisticated society. Date: 1924

Beach bar at Biarritz with notable personalities
A group of well-knowns at the beach bar at Biarritz. From left, Mr and Mrs Ormond Lawson-Johnston, Lady Furness (Thelma Furness, mistress of the Prince of Wales)

Mrs Gerard D Erlanger at Biarritz
Mrs Gerard D Erlanger, formerly the pianist Egythe Baker, pictured underneath a parasol at Biarritz. Date: 1932

Exact time, France 1880
The unification and distribution of time using pneumatic chronometers, France - scene in the shop where the clocks are sold. Date: 1880

Josephine Baker. Josephine Baker (1906-1975) Legendary star of the French music halls and cabaret. Date: 1920s

Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow at Monte Carlo Beach pool
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress pictured by the Monte Carlo Beach Hotel swimming pool on the French Riviera. 1936

Count & Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow at Monte Carlo Beach
Count and Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress, lunching beside the pool at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera. Date: 1936

Society on a speedboat at Monte Carlo
On a speed-boat near the Summer Sporting Club, Monte Carlo, the Hon. Kay Norton (right), Mrs Richard Hoffman of New York (left) and (in the foreground), Lady Castlerosse

Barbara Hutton swimming at Monte Carlo beach
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, aka the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton, having a swimming lesson in the Monte Carlo Beach swimming pool on the French Riviera. Date: 1936

Suzanne Lenglen at Biarritz
Suzanne Lenglen (1899-1938) who had just won the The Ladies Tennis Championship at Wimbledon for the fifth time in succession that year, pictured at ease at Biarritz in her latest jumper. 1923

Zadoc Kahn installed as Chief Rabbi of France 1890
Zadoc Kahn being installed as the Chief Rabbi of France. Baron Alphonse James de Rothschild is depicted reading the decree of nomination. Date: 1890

Gertrude Lawrence at La Caponcina on French Riviera
Front cover of The Bystander featuring British actress Gertrude Lawrence pictured holidaying at the Villa Caponcina on the French Riviera, the home of the fashion design Captain Edward Molyneux

The Surrender of Louisbourg
British soldiers march forward in regiment, attacking the city of Louisbourg in Ile-Royal during the War of Austrian Succession

Florence Gould in costume for the Perian Gala, Juan les Pins
Florence Gould, wife of Frank Jay Gould, the famous millionaire and controlling genius behind the Palais de la Mediterranee at Nice

Juan les Pins advertisement, 1931
Advertorial for the resort of Juan les Pins on the French Riviera, tempted readers with the promise of endless sunshine, beach pyjamas and the terribly modern Hotel Provencal. Date: 1931

Bystanders on the Riviera
Aperitif time at the CafÚáñe Paris, Monte Carlo. The group in the right foreground shows Mr. W. A. Hiatt, who looked after the financial interests of millionaire and Riviera personality

Bystanders on the Riviera - E. G. Oakley Beuttler & wife
Wing-Commander aand Mrs E. G. Oakley-Beuttler enjoying the Riviera sunshine in Cannes. Beuttler was a humorous artist and regular contributor to The Bystander magazine. Date: 1931

Bystander cover featuring Mrs Vyvyan Drury
Front cover of The Bystander featuring a colour photograph of Mrs Vyvyan Drury, wife of the well-known New York financier and sportsman

The Debarkment of Provisions in American Colonies
French sailors move provisions on shore, carrying sacks and barrels towards where more men are building houses. A group of Native Americans stand in the middle, directing people. Date: circa 1700

Nice Carnival by Webster Murray
In Good King Carnivals Reign. An impression of Carnival Time in Nice, especially drawn for The Bystander by Webster Murray. Date: 1925

Princess Karageorgevitch at the Villa Fiorentiana, Cannes
Princess Karageorgevitch of Serbia in the grounds of her beautiful Riviera home, the Villa Fiorentina, at Cannes. Considered one of the most impressive villas in the area

Marquette on the River
Missionary Jacques Marquette, accompanied by three men, on a small sailboat being rowed down the river. Date: 1673

Map of New France, all Jesuit French settlements around Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and Lake Illinois in 1670-1671. Date: 1670-1

Golden Soil: French methods of Market Gardening for England, showing scenes from the Market Garden at Thatcham, Berkshire. Date: 1908

Two French men in costume 1690
Two French men in costume - nobleman and officer. Date: 1690

Four women in French and German costume. Date: 1808-1809

Valeres cycle. Date: 1893

La Chaussade Ironworks, France - forging a steel plate. 1868

Electric tram being recharged on a Paris street 1897
Electric tram being recharged on a Paris street. 1897

Mules carrying Spanish wines across the Pyrenees. Date: 1857

Florida Discovered by French Huguenots
Two large ships are anchored at the mouth of the St. Johns river, as an expedition boat filled with French Huguenots, sails upriver to explore what would later become Florida. Date: 1564

Cartiers Ship at the Mouth of the St. Charles River. The anchored ship is completely frozen in place, with sailors walking about the iced over river, and setting up camp by the ship

Township of Hochelaga Visited by Cartier
A terrain map of the town of Hochelaga visited by Jacques Cartier in 1535, a circular collection of buildings surrounded by a wooden palisade on either side. At the bottom, French and St

Cartier Visits Hochelaga
A man bends on one knee with his hands outstretched, with various French soldiers standing is armour behind him. From his place of focus, and lack of armour, this could be Jacques Cartier

Cartiers Departure from St. Malo
Jacques Cartier departs from St. Malo France, to sail for the Iroquoian capital Stadacona, with two Iroquoian captives he had taken during his previous expedition. Date: 1535

French Award medals to Native Cultivators
The Commodore distributes medals to native black cultivators for their work, at Fort-de-France in Martinique. Date: circa 1860

French department at The Great Exhibition 1851
French display of objects in bronze. 1851

Capt. Faulknor Storming Fort Royal, Martinique
Captain Faulknor in the ship Zebra, storming Fort Royal in Martinique in 1794, during the French Revolutionary Wars. Faulknor uses his sword to point up a set of wooden stairs

The Laying of the First Stone of the Nursing Home
The laying of the first stone of a nursing home in the french colony at Lima. A crowd of people wait for the laying of the first stone, being inspected by a man in the middle of the room

Defense in a Church from Guerillas
French soldiers fire from the Church of St. Nicholas, using it as a defensive position against Mexican guerillas. Guerilla lancers on horseback

People board warship to sing Te Deum for Military Victory
The French population of Rio de Janeiro board the Astree to sing the praise hymn Te Deum, to celebrate the capture of Puebla in the second siege of Puebla by the French army. Date: 1863

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