If this is Thursday it must be postcards, 606

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rue Monceau, Dry, France, ca 1926

 

Originally a postcard from the mid 1920s issued by Lainé Labbé Editions with a black and white photograph of a street scene in the village of Dry, France, this image has been made into a standard note card.  As was common during the time the card was sent, but seems strange today, the stamp was placed on the picture side of the card.  The orange “sower” stamp was issued in 1926 and helps to date the postcard.

 

My friend who sent the card wrote:  “You can see on the postcard a view of the village called Dry…  The place has changed a lot, indeed, but it is still a lovely town in the middle of the fields we go for walks in the country.”

 

The picture on the card provides us with a hint of what everyday life might have been approximately 100 years ago.  The man and woman on the right side of the card are carrying long handled rakes.  Another man is riding a bicycle, a third man is wearing clothes typical of that time period and a distant man is walking down the street.  The spotted dog in the center completes the scene.  

 

 

 

 

A modern view of Dry

[By Havang(nl) - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20370891]

 

 

Dry is located in Loiret, a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north central France.  It is about 68 miles or 110 km southwest of Paris.  For a then and now comparison, more of the church visible on the left side of the card can be seen prominently in the modern photograph of Dry.  The buildings on the card are also partially shown in the picture just behind the parked cars.

 

As always, thank you to my friend for sharing the card.

 

For more information, see:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loiret

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry,_Loiret