2024, Advent, celebration

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Merry Christmas
25 décembre 2024

Gifts, Surprises, Laughter, and Champagne
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Tonight with family ...
24 décembre 2024

Together for the holidays, the family is always there, ready to share laughter and good times !
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Too late, the mail has gone
23 décembre 2024

Quickly, if you want the mail to be sent in order to arrive in Hanoi before January 1st....
Too late, it’s 4:40 PM and the pick-up was at....
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Black and white in color
22 décembre 2024

Color appeared very early on postcards, well before 1904. It was not only the title or the borders that were colored, but the entire view of the card. This was a true visual revolution for the time, offering recipients a much more vivid and immersive experience than traditional black-and-white (…)
Hoa Qui, photo véritable - Hoa Qui, real photo
21 décembre 2024

You have certainly already come across those semi-modern postcards from the 1950s, on glossy photo paper, signed Hoa Qui, 4 rue de Savoie, Paris. But who is behind this mysterious name ?
Follow Cartacaro in 2025 and dive into the world of a photographer, a photo agency, a true image hunter, (…)
From Grenoble to Phnom Penh
20 décembre 2024

Courtin, ed. Grenoble, 1 rue Tiers … Such is the enigmatic signature inscribed on this postcard from Phnom Penh.
Strange, yet irresistibly captivating, some will say. A plot that teases curiosity, an unexpected connection between two distant worlds.
In 2025, Cartacaro will go on a journey to (…)
But who is hiding behind this logo ?
19 décembre 2024

Look closely at this postcard, in the lower left corner : there is a logo depicting a column topped with an eagle, or something resembling it.
At the bottom right of the column, there is a number : 12043, and just below it, another number : 31253.
The postcard itself is quite classic, (…)
Stolen photos ...
18 décembre 2024

Thank you to Olivier, Thierry, and Jean-Luc for their help in writing this note.
J. Chinh, an amateur photographer, lived in Quang Yen. A professional interpreter, he had privileged access to barracks, military training grounds, and all the sites frequented by soldiers. To supplement his (…)

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