PCT4271999: Wallet of 20 real photos published at the Liberation de Paris (19 to 26 August 1944). In the centre: general (then marechal) Philippe Leclerc of Hauteclocque (1902-1947). Arrest of German prisoners by the FFI, reception of American soldiers, General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) in front of the grave of the unknown soldier., Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272149: The army of Quaresmeprenant. Soldiers are represented as fish, some of which have only the aretes, by reference to Careme's lean (young) meal. Illustration by Albert Robida (1848-1926) for an episode of the Fourth Livre by Francois Rabelais - Librairie Armand Colin debut 20th century., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272195: During the picrocholine wars (against Picrochole), Gant Gargantua received a flock of cannonballs that he drove from his hair with his comb. Illustration by Albert Robida (1848-1926) for an episode based on the work of Francois Rabelais - Librairie Armand Colin debut 20th century., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272644: Saint Venance Fortunat (eveque of Poitiers 530-609) writing the life of Saint Radegonde (519-587), Saint Radegonde de Poitiers (Queen of the Francs, fourth wife of King Clotaire I). Undated lithograph by R. Engelmann (ca. 1930) after an illumination of the 11th century., Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272666: General reconciliation in the throne room of the King of Spain. Final stage of the theatre piece “L'enfance du Cid” by Gillen de Castro (Guillem de Castro), inspired by Pierre Corneille for his play Le Cid. Publication on a serial paper in the “Journal pour tous”” April 1864. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272785: The defroques. “There's still something to make me a skirt,” said the woman from the old cure, cutting the bottom of her cassock with a chisel. Cartoon by Jules Grandjouan (1875-1968), cover of “” L'Assiette au beurre””, n°292, November 3, 1906, Grandjouan, Jules (1875-1968) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273518: La Poste: rural mailman. In uniform and hewn with a kepi, the postman leaves on the roads to deliver letters (mail) to the inhabitants of isolated houses (farms) in the countryside. Illustration by Louis Maitrejean (1895-1947) for a school book of 1930., Maitrejean, Louis (1895-1947) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273894: Philip II (Philip Augustus 1165 - 1223) instituting the first laws of public hygiene, noted on parchment by a copist monk. Under the rule of this king of France, the main roads of Paris were pavees, and the French capital was called “Paris sans pairs” (without equals). Detail of an advertising chromolitography (chromo) of Chocolat d'Annecy, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images