Petit Collection (page 5)

Russian Berlin Work Pattern with a spider and his web. Date: 1937

Queen Mary - portrait in Petit Point
A portrait of Queen Mary, consort of King George V, worked in petit point specially for The Queen magazine, Silver Jubilee issue by the Disabled Soldiers Embroidery Industry of which her Majesty was

Petit Saint Bernard 1794
The French take the PETIT SAINT-BERNARD, the Alpine pass which gives them access to Italy Date: 24 April 1794

Petit Parisiens 1929
D-B jacket & shorts; gingham / plaid frocks; party frock with high waist, gathered skirt, ribbon trim & cape & a tricolour pinafore with pleated skirt, blouse & gilet. Date: 1929

Mlle Valentine Petit
The French dancer, Valentine Petit, as a butterfly in " Visions Nocturnes" at the Palais de la Danse

Seller of little chickens
A Bohemian Gypsy lady chicken seller, specialising in little chickens. Pictures with her young male assistant

Battle of Messines 1917
Soldiers of the 13th Brigade (who were to take part in the second phase of the battle) studying a large contour map of the area to be attacked between Petit Pont

Charles Ange Laisant / Gill
Charles Ange Laisant (1841-1920), French politician, military engineer, mathematician

Village of Petit Cap, Quebec, Canada
Petit Cap a fishing village on the Gasp Peninsula in Quebec, Canada

Battle of Tardenois 1918
The advance of the 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellingtons Regiment, 62nd Division, through the Bois du Petit Champ at the Battle of Tardenois on the Western Front in France during World War I on 22nd

Asprey handbags advertisement
A wide variety of hand bags, clutches and purses available from Asprey of Bond Street including a number of fashionable tapestry and petit point bags

Manning Barricades 4
Storming a barricade : the government troops of general Lamoriciere charge the barricade at the Petit Pont, leading to La Cite

His Speech Reported
Napoleons speech at the opening of the Corps Legislatif is reported by the Petit Moniteur : crowds gather to buy it

Hop O my Thumb
The Ogre is tricked into slitting the throats of his seven daughters

Franco-Prussian War. Battle at Petit Bicetre. Grave of a Pru
Newly dug grave with make shift wooded cross. On top of the grave lies the soldiers prussian spiked helmet and 3 cannon balls

Franco-Prussian War. Petit Bicetre after the fight
Scene of ruined French houses, abandoned machinery and wagons after the battle at Petit Bicetre between the Prussian and the French armies

Franco-Prussian War. Grave of five French Soldiers at Petit
Newly dug make shift graves for 5 french soldiers with one rudimentary cross, the soldiers feet are barely covered by the earth

Milan Riots / 1898 / Petit J
Cuban rebels against Spanish colonial rule, welcoming American intervention

Fancy Pastries
Types of Small Fancy Pastries - including Hazelnut Pyramids, Cherry Domes, Maraschino Rolls, Angora Tartlets, Chocolate Arches and Lulus (front row, pink) !

Nearing Victory at Last
Le Petit Journals calendar for 1918 features Allied soldiers on the threshold of victory !

Petit Journal - 2
In the Service des Archives, back numbers of the paper can be consulted : Le petit Journal is one of Frances leading daily newspapers

Petit Journal - 8
Le service des Expeditions, where the days papers are packed, to be sent throughout the country : for this is one of Frances leading journals

Petit-Gris Cloak 1922
A cape with a large tubular stand collar made using rectangular pieces of petit- gris (a type of squirrel) fur & fastened with a silk cord with tassel ends

Fur Hats for 1922
A selection of hats in various styles and furs including a petit-gris turban, velvet & mole fur Marquis, a toque & a Breton hat with a fur brim

Petit-Gris Scarf 1922
a broad shawl-like scarf with pockets to keep the hands warm. The fur is petit-gris, a type of squirrel

Bateaux D ecrivesses
Petit bateaux d Ecrivesses (crayfish)

Soles Aux Ecrivesses
Petit bateaux of sole aux ecrevisses

Nordenskjold / Petit Jnl
Otto Nordenskjold, Swedish explorer, is rescued by the Argentine ship Uruguay in the Antarctic after his own ship was crushed by ice

Mckinley / Petit Parisien
WILLIAM MCKINLEY 25th US President at his 1901 inauguration in Washington

Umberto I / Petit Parisien
UMBERTO I King of Italy from 1878

Leo Delibes / Pierre Petit
LEO DELIBES French composer

G Clemenceau / Petit J 93
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU French statesman juggling with the British Pound: a satire on the subsidy of France by British cash

Valentine Petit / Theatre
VALENTINE PETIT French dancer as Le Papillon in Visions Nocturnes at the Palais de la Danse

PETIT JOURNAL PRINTED
Newspapermen handing out copies of Le Petit Journal, printed at the 1889 Paris Exposition

Paris / Petit Palais C1905
Petit Palais, architect: Girault

Grape-Trimmed Dress 1840
Dress adorned with bunches of grapes: with a lace falling tucker, pointed waist & short puffed sleeves. The skirt is pinned up on one side. Worn with a plumed tudor style hat

Berlioz Pierre Petit
HECTOR BERLIOZ the French composer in middle age

Election Results Read
The election results are read in the papers outside the offices of Le Petit Journal: some men are happy, others less so; one man tears the newspaper in disgust

MAUPASSSANT / LE DOT
Jeanne in the omnibus

Maupassant / Social Scene
French couples boating on the lake

Maupassant / Petit Soldat
A soldier takes his leave from his wife

Jenner / Petit Journal
Edward Jenner carries out his first experiment in vaccination against smallpox

Le Petit Dejeuner - 2
LE PETIT DEJEUNER A little French girl offers her younger sister a toast, dipped in coffee (2 of 2)

Le Petit Dejeuner - 1
LE PETIT DEJEUNER Two little French girls start the day with coffee and toast (1 of 2)

Free Injections
Free vaccinations against smallpox offered by Le Petit Journal, in Paris

Little Red Man
LE PETIT HOMME ROUGE The little red man or devil, traditionally associated (by his enemies) with Napoleon, depicted treating him like a son

The Giant Ogre Asleep
Hop O My Thumb succeeds in pulling off one of the giant ogres Seven League Boots while he is sleeping

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