Tag Archives: Lille

Between Wars: Lille

July 3 08

Yesterday morning I encountered a rather interesting postcard of showing rue Escuermoise in Lille, France. The scanned resolution is fairly high, so it was fairly easy to note many details in the picture, including many of the shops such as the Taverne du XXième Siècle, Olympia Antiquites, and le Librairie L. Quarre du something. [...]

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The City No. 2

July 2 08

64 La Rue Esquermoise, Lille, France.
Given the presence of electric or gas lights on the street but the lack of lack of motor vehicles on the road, I’m willing to suggest that this photo is taken before The First World War. (It would be foolish to get any more precise than that on a guess, [...]

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