Press photographs and parodies mainly on politics, Mardi-Gras, carnivals, celebrities and miscellaneous. Set of over thirty mostly silver prints, counter-types and reproductions. Circa 1950-65. On verso and/or recto of some prints, captions (examples: Pour Mardi-Gras - Robert Muret collection d'armures a sorti son en promenade, fabricants de masques, le 1er avril n'est pas mort, Nice - bientôt le carnaval, les 7 nains et Blanche Neige sur les Champs-Elysées, réveillon de Noël, le Roi de Suède au Bal Masqué, brillante réception à l'ambassade soviétique à Paris, Mademoiselle France 1962, ...) and/or stamp. Various states and formats.

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