Vaudeville Theatre Antique 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 the gilding of a refined decor, a bourgeois living room is meticulously recreated: carved woodwork, chandeliers and rococo style armchairs. In the center, a woman in a long dress and a man in dark clothing exchange, embodying the characters of a society drama. The frozen composition, captured on a projection plate, translates the aesthetics of the Belle Époque theater, where passions and intrigues are replayed in opulent interiors. – Detail: Rococo-style theatrical decor,.
Irkutsk Market, Russia, 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 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 The name of the group, considered a little outdated and possibly suggesting that the competition as a whole constituted “bad press”, changed in 1970 to Bayard Presse. Old magic lantern plaque – “Irkutsk, the market” Glass plate photograph showing the Irkutsk fodder market, with horse-drawn carts and bustling crowds. Handwritten caption: “Irkutsk, the market”. Very beautiful visual testimony of commercial life in Siberia around 1900.
Transport, Asia, Japan, Photo Glass Plate, Black & White, 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. Urban scene captured in natural light, showing an alignment of Jinrikisha (Japanese rickshaw) parking in front of a Western brick building, probably a public building, a hotel or a post, in a port city in Japan. THE Cochers in traditional outfit, some hats wearing hats await customers, installed or resting between the stretchers. In the background, the architecture mixes Japanese vernacular elements (tile roofs, bamboo fence) And Western influences (mullioned windows, brick.
Castle Of Rheinstein, Rhin, Photo Plate Glass, Black & White, Positive
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. Rising from a rocky spur above the Rhine, Rheinstein Castle displays its restored medieval architecture in all its majesty. Crowned with a crenellated keep and flanked by Gothic towers, it overlooks the river like a guardian frozen in time, between sky and water. Its stone walls cling to the wooded slope, while the curtain walls seem to spring from the rocks themselves. A small Gothic oratory with a sloping roof stands out in the foreground, evoking both contemplation and feudal.