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Curious Find: The 1950’s French Lunchbox

May 9, 2016 by ashleyt 5 Comments

Trouvé: Gamelles d’Ouvrier

gamelle émaillé à l'ancienne

We’ve found these three gamelles (containers used to carry food) at various vide greniers in nearby villages. They are usually sold by older French ladies that can tell you a little of what they used to put into these boxes for their husbands to take to work. There are many names for these french lunch boxes, but they were mainly used for workers on construction sites or farmers in the late 50s and 60s.

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Filed Under: Curious Papers/Finds Tagged With: brocante, enamelled containers, francophile, gamelles à l'ancienne, gamelles émaillé à l'ancienne, vide-grenier, vintage, vintage containers, vintage lunch boxes

Vintage Family Scrapbook 1917-18

May 11, 2015 by ashleyt 1 Comment

As I was kneeling, rummaging through old maps, vintage postcards and women’s magazines from a by-gone era, I came across, tucked into a French Larousse encyclopedia, a few pages ripped from a vintage family scrapbook. Sometimes I find paper treasures at vide greniers and brocantes (French flea 

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Filed Under: Curious Papers/Finds Tagged With: brocante; vide-grenier, curious, curious object, found objects, nostalgia, photo album, provence blog, vintage, vintage scapbook

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