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Les mammifères

Subject
Category
Creator
Chocolat Guérin-Boutron
Current holder
Item number
4550169
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Out of copyright.
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1901
Description from source
2 cards : col. ill. ; 12 x 8 cm.

L’Ornithorynque & Le kanguroo.

Two advertising cards issued by French chocolate company Chocolat Guérin-Boutron to advertise their product, which were originally produced as a complete set of 84 cards. One card is captioned “Les Mammiferes: Le Kanguroo” and depicts a kangaroo in a natural setting, with an Indigenous Australian man shown in an seperate scene at the left. The other card is captioned “Les Mammiferes: L’Ornithorynque” and depicts a platypus on a riverbank, with an Indigenous Australian woman shown in a seperate scene at the left. The versos of the cards feature text in French, describing the animals depicted and relating to the products of the Guérin-Boutron chocolate company.
Physical format
Trade card
Related resources
Place of Publication
Paris
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