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French trade card showing Australia marked as 'Oceanie' on the globe for French clothing merchant Maison de la Belle Jardinière

Place
Paris
Subject
Category
Publisher
Champenois
Creator
Maison de la Belle Jardinière
Current holder
Link
Item number
6250742
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Out of Copyright
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1895 to 1910
Description from source
1 card : colour illustrations ; 7 x 11 cm

Advertising card issued by French clothing and dress company, Maison de la Belle Jardinière. Features a colour illustration of two South Pacific Islander or Indigenous Australian people, one of whom is holding a wicker tray of fruit, while the other is holding a caged parrot. They are shown standing on the globe with Australia marked as “Oceanie”. Advertising text on the verso of the card relating to the Maison de la Belle Jardinière clothing company, accompanying images of meals won by the company.
Physical format
Trade card
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