Bordeaux Docks and Roadstead, early 20th Century. This picture (is it a picture that has been colored by hand, or a drawing?) is interesting, as the buildings on the docks are the same a Century later, but obviously, the docks and the activity on the Garonne river are […]
Garonne
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This was the Garonne River banks in Agen, circa 1900. The picture was approximately taken in the same spot as the first picture of the previous post. I have a small story to tell you in order to explain this old postcard. It starts in 1885. This is […]
I guess a good way to start this blog is to tell you about my hometown a little. It is called Agen. It’s a small town (about 34,000 people, 100,000 if you included the neighboring towns) in the South West. It is the “capital” of the Lot-et-Garonne department in […]