Landscape, Snow, Winter, Vintage Photo Glass Plate, Black & White, 8.5×10 Cm
This plate comes from a private collection that belonged to a photographer collaborating with the Maison de la Bonne Presse. Founded in July 1873, Maison de la Bonne Presse was an important French publishing house. It had this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Presse in 1970, in order to modernize its image. Under a blanket of pristine snow, a small orchard stretches out in the foreground, its bare trees seeming frozen in the cold. A thin frozen stream crosses the scene, creating a clear curve in the middle of the landscape. To the right, tall poplars raise their black silhouettes against the pale sky, while in the distance appear the sloping roofs of a village and the thin tip of a bell tower, barely perceptible in the winter mist. The image captures the silent calm of a countrysid.
Alpes Suisses, Women, Photo Antique Plate Glass, Sepia, 3 5/16×3 7/8in
This plate comes from a private collection that belonged to a photographer collaborating with the Maison de la Bonne Presse. Founded in July 1873, Maison de la Bonne Presse was an important French publishing house. It had this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Presse in 1970, in order to modernize its image. On a terrace overlooking the valleys, two young women pose side by side, dressed in traditional Alpine costumes: fitted bodice, white apron and dark skirt. Behind them, the snowy peaks are silhouetted in a soft light, probably those of the Bernese Oberland. The simplicity of their posture contrasts with the majesty of the setting: the mountain, eternal and imposing, facing ephemeral youth. This image illustrates both the attachment to local traditions and the wonder of Belle Épo.
Alps Glacier, Mountain, Vintage Photo Glass Plate, Sepia, 8.5×10 Cm
This plate comes from a private collection that belonged to a photographer collaborating with the Maison de la Bonne Presse. Founded in July 1873, Maison de la Bonne Presse was an important French publishing house. It had this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Presse in 1970, in order to modernize its image. In the icy depths of an Alpine glacier, a gallery opens like a translucent tunnel, with walls sculpted by time and melting. The ice strata, polished by water, reveal undulating shapes, similar to natural vaults. A narrow plank path allowed visitors to advance in this fragile and mysterious world, reflecting the fascination of Belle Époque travelers for natural wonders. Through the clarity that pierces in the distance, we can guess the exit towards the light, a striking contrast.
Mont Pelvoux, Galibier, Photo J. Moulin, Color Glass Plate, Positive 8.5×10 Cm
This plaque comes from a private collection that belonged to a photographer collaborating with the Maison de la Bonne Press. Founded in July 1873, the Maison de la Bonne Press was an important French publishing house. She bore this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Press in 1970, in order to modernize her image. From the heights of the Col du Galibier, the gaze starts east and meets the imposing mass of Mont Pelvoux. This emblematic top of the writings, haloed by mists and snow, dominates a chaotic horizon of serrated ridges and glaciers. The shooting restores all the majesty and the harshness of this mythical mountain, long considered as the highest peak of the French Alps before the conquest of Mont Blanc. – Place : Col du Galibier, view to the Massif des Écrins (French Alps) -.
Sretensk, Russia, Horses, Photo Glass Plate, Black & White, Positive 8.5×10 Cm
Dimensions of the plate: approximately 8.5 x 10 cm. This collection belonged to a photographer who worked for the house of good press. La Maison de la Bonne Press is a publishing house founded in July 1873. The company was called Maison de la Bonne Presse until 1969. The name of the group, considered a little outdated and possibly suggesting that the competition as a whole constituted “bad press”, changed in 1970 to Bayard Presse. Ancient magic lantern plate – “sretensk, while waiting for the bac” Photography on glass plaque showing a village scene in Sretensk: several horses harnessed to vintage cars, with men in winter coats probably waiting for a passage by tank. Manuscript legend: “Sretensk, while waiting for the bac”. Beautiful Siberian rural transport scene, around 1900.
To The Lake Baikal, Russia, Photo Plate Glass, Black & White, Positive
Dimensions of the plate: approximately 8.5 x 10 cm. This collection belonged to a photographer who worked for the Maison de la Bonne Presse. La Maison de la Bonne Presse is a publishing house founded in July 1873. The company was called Maison de la Bonne Presse until 1969. The name of the group, considered a little outdated and possibly suggesting that the competition as a whole constituted “bad press”, changed in 1970 to Bayard Presse. Towards Lake Baikal, Russia.
Aiguebelle, Savoie, Photo J. Moulin, Color Glass Plate, Positive 8.5X10 Cm
This plaque comes from a private collection that belonged to a photographer collaborating with the Maison de la Bonne Press. Founded in July 1873, the Maison de la Bonne Press was an important French publishing house. She bore this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Press in 1970, in order to modernize her image. Photographer: J. Moulin (name inscribed on the plate) The central street ofAiguebelle, in the heart of the Maurienne valley, is revealed in a calm atmosphere. A woman sits in the middle of the road while other residents go about their business near houses with ajar shutters. The aligned facades, the signs and the perspective on the surrounding mountains offer a precious testimony of everyday life in this Savoyard town at the turn of the 20th century. – Support: Magic lanter.
World Expo 1900 Paris Glass Plate Photo, Black & White 8,5×10 cm
On the banks of the Seine, the pavilion of Old Paris displays its picturesque architecture made of towers, half-timberings and facades inspired by the Middle Ages. A small passenger boat glides across the water in the foreground, while the bustling docks and exhibit buildings stretch out in the background. The whole evokes the festive and spectacular atmosphere of the Universal Exhibition of 1900, where historical reconstructions and modern innovations coexist in the heart of the capital. – Subject : Pavilion of Old Paris on the banks of the Seine – Support: positive plate on glass 8.5 × 10 cm approximately Private collection of a photographer collaborating with the House of Good Press, founded in 1873 and became Bayard Press in 1970. An emblematic scene of Paris in 1900, between historica.
Cows, Engelberg, Switzerland, Photo Plate Glass, Black & White, Positive
On this magic lantern plate, a pastoral scene opens onto the quiet immensity of the Engelberg valley, coiled in the hollow of the Swiss Alps. At the center of the composition, the imposing Benedictine abbey unfolds in clear lines, its baroque dome riding modestly towards the heavens, framed by white convent buildings with steep roofs. In the foreground, a small herd of peaceful cows graves a green meadow, bordered by a stream with bright and crystal clear waters. These rustic animals, symbols of Alpine agriculture, bring a living and familiar presence to this landscape of silent quantity. In the background, the alpine massifs form a sublime rampart, their steep and steep flanks rising to the clouds in a mineral majesty. Some chalets scattered on the slopes testify to human life which adapt.
Landeck Church, Austria, Photo Glass Plaque, Black & White, Positive 8.5×10 Cm
Founded in July 1873, the Maison de la Bonne Press was an important French publishing house. She bore this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Press in 1970, in order to modernize her image. On this magic lantern plate of a striking contrast, stands the parish church of Landeck, proudly camped in the heart of the Inn valley, in the Austrian Tyrol. Its elegant tapered bell tower pierces the alpine sky, while the mountains rise, in the background, like natural ramparts protecting the village. The late Gothic building, surrounded by its closed cemetery of white walls, is built in a harmony of stone and slate. Its foothills, its polygonal bedside and its high ogival berries make it a faithful witness to Alpine religious architecture. At his feet, houses with steep roofs and public building.