Old Posters

Old posters kept at the Departmental Archives * * * The Archives départementales des Hauts-de-Seine has a large collection of posters, ranging from the French Revolution to the present day. This lot concerns posters listed in subseries 23 and 24 Fi (posters entered by extraordinary means: purchases, donations), as well as in the DR7 subseries (archives relating to the military affairs of communes of the Seine, and devolved to the department of Hauts-de-Seine following the reorganization of the Paris region in 1964-1968). In this dataset, the Departmental Archives offers posters on the following topics: * War of 1870-1871 and Paris Commune: posters on the unfolding of the conflict, daily life, then the unfolding of the Commune * War of 1914-1918: propaganda posters (borrowing, assistance) and administrative information posters for the population of the communes of Hauts-de-Seine * War of 1939-1945: posters of German propaganda, of the French state or of the resistance, administrative posters, in particular on passive defence * Brands of cycles and automobiles, whose factories were located in Hauts-de-Seine * Advertising posters from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century: * Brands of cycles and automobiles, whose factories were located in Hauts-de-Seine * Subdivisions * Food brands whose factories were established in Hauts-de-Seine * Venues of shows, events, leisure