Une très grande collection de cartes postales de la côte belge et de la ville d'Ostende. Env. 17000

A very extensive collection of over 17000 postcards relating to life on the coast and in the city of Ostend, from c. 1880 to c. 1980. Many with stamps and inscriptions in ink. Categories: -Bredene and campsites (561) -Outdoor formats (114) -Casino Kursaal (692) (before WWII; building and interiors) -De Panne & Nieuwpoort (488) -Docks (188) -Donkeys on the beach (152) -Family photos and portraits from Ostend city life (384) -Fantasy cards (221) -Great Church (171) -Trades (fishmongers, confectioners, shoemakers, print shops, jewelers, Grand Bazar Parisien, Librairie Internationale, etc.) (26) -Sacred Heart Clinic (158) -Hippodrome Wellington and horse races (260) -Hotels (696) (facades and interiors ; including les Etoiles, Leune-Balmoral-Ferndale, Lindbergh, Fontaine (Cour jardin, Equipage, Salon de lecture, Fumoir, Apartment, Entrée principale, etc.), Notre Maison des Huit Heures (interior), Splendid, Lloyd, Savoy, de Flandre, Regent, de l'Espérance, Impérial, Régina, Osborne, Continental, Splendide, Pacific, du Boulevard, Rochester, Au Repos de la Digue, de l'Ocean, Excelsia Palace, Royal Astor, de Coq d'Or, St-Georges, Victoria, Du Châtelet, Petit Sablon, Littoral Palace, Wellington, Majestic, Les Dauphins, La Plage, Alfa, etc.) -Ibis and colonies (335) -Quay (174) -Royal family (422) -'Royal Villa' (172) -Aerial photographs (82) -Mariakerke (340) (including views of prominent facades, streets, lost establishments and local industries, villa's and guest houses, etc.) -Market (157) -Night views (132) -War maps two world wars (526) (ruins, cannons & artillery) -Oudenburg and Gistel (280) -Processions and processions (158) (including sea dedication, carnival 1908) -Royal Palace Hotel (120) -Raversijde (317) (including interesting views of Musée Stracké, Raversijde airport, New Park Village, modernist architecture) -St. Peter and Paul Church (166) -'Souvenir d'Ostende' (488) -Special occasion editions (127) -Spa (Centre de thermalisme social 'Heures Claires', Sanitorium Maritime St. Vincent de Paul & Institut Delcroix, l'Hydro, ) (130) - Urban views of streets, squares and avenues (1216) (including Leopold Avenue (255), Leopold Park (160), Leopold Place (149), Marie-José Place (160), Rogier Avenue (172), Van Izegem Avenue (159), Vlaanderenstraat (161), Wapenplein (84), Kapelstraat (30)) -marina (479) -Train station (332) -Beach life and beach cabins (1547) (beach games, breakwaters, children, etc) -Thermae Palace and royal galleries (186) -Associations and sports (100) -Vindictive (174) -Fish markets (Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp, Leuven, Blankenberge, Kortrijk, Ypres, etc.) and fishermen's markets (311) -Fishing boats, steamboats, packet boats and old lighthouse (1805) -Coastal weather phenomena (440) -Mariakerke seawall (480) (including walkers and bathers, cars and carts, streetcars, pavilions) -Ostend seawall (549) (beach cabins ) And others, including series Royom, Red Star Line, written cards, Zeeland and Amsterdam, stereo cards, chromolithographs, relief cards, various paraphernalia (advertising and commemorative cards), caricature, art, erotica, famous characters (Ensor), etc. Total: approx. 17365 cards.