General Cultural Studies

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Official plan of the 1937 Paris Exposition Internationale Des Arts et des Techniques.

Price: $290.00

Note from Wikipedia: The Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life) was held from 25 May to 25 November 1937 in Paris, France. Both the Palais de Chaillot, housing the Musée de l'Homme,[1] and the Palais de Tokyo, which houses the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, were created for this exhibition that was officially sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions. A third building, Palais d'Iéna, housing the permanent Museum of Public Works, which was originally to be among the new museums created on the hill of Chaillot on the occasion of the Exhibition, was not built until January 1937 and inaugurated in March 1939.

GS 087

Photo album of the first oil and wine exhibition in Bellano, Italy, from March 31 to April 8, 1934. It is dedicated to Antonio Denti. 36 photos, all captioned. I cannot find any reference to this exhibition on the net.

Price: $690.00

GS 086

Official Magazine of the 1937 Paris Exhibition, No. 7, November 1936. Subtle cover stain.

Price: $130.00

GS 085

Interesting coffee culture item. Booklet to collect stamps for French coffee producer Au Planteur de Caiffa, 1936. Full of offers of what your coupons will buy.

Price: $120.00

Note from Wikipedia: The Au Planteur de Caïffa company was founded in 1890 by Michel Cahen and his wife. Initially a simple roaster , selling a whole range of coffee, Michel Cahen transformed his store into a grocery store. He opened two other stores, then many others in the provinces. To attract his customers, the Planter of Caïffa invented loyalty stamps that housewives meticulously stuck in a small notebook kept as carefully as a savings account . Once filled, it could be exchanged for inexpensive items (dishes, towels, etc.). In 1936 , during the Popular Front , local workers were among the first to go on strike and occupy the premises. At the start of the Second World War , due to anti-Jewish laws , Albert Cahen, son of Michel, was forced to hand over management of his company to one of its directors, Mr. Couture. The premises on Rue Boulitte were assigned in 1941 to the Paris regional directorate of the SNS.

After the war, the company was a shadow of its former self. Divesting most of its branches, it refocused its activity on coffee roasting. In 1962 , it acquired 25 % of the capital of the company La Maison du Café , created by the two Argentinian brothers Della Valle, as well as its business and its brand. It changed its name. In 1977 , it was bought by Douwe Egberts, then taken over in 1978 by Sara Lee Corporation , which became Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) after its split in 2012 .

Currently, it is part of one of the three largest groups of roasters in the world.

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