These postcards were sold in 1939, just before the war. They were sold for 1 franc each in aid of the National Committee for Summer Camps in France. From what I can find out there were guest illustrators every year who produced a set of cards. These were painted by Georges Redon. He seems to have illustrated quite a few postcards and various posters etc., but there doesn’t seem to be anything written about his life.
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Times when children could be children. Innocent happy free playing in fresh air between beautiful flowers. Sounds so great.Here I planted so many tulips and daffodils and the squirrels ate all the bulbs and the one that did escape flowered only to be picked by a little boy who thought it was so pretty and took it to give to his Mother lol
How can I be angry at that lol
Precious boy.:)
A lady's Life: I have a clematis which hangs over the fence, some of them go off to be offerefd to mothers. i don't mind that at all. Children don't have to freedom to play like they used to, it's sad.
Wow. This is the first time that I've passed by your blog, and I really didn't know anyone who's so passionate about postcards. I didn't realize how amazing it was until I've seen your posts!
czaroma: There are postcards to suit all tastes!
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