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Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. This illustration depicts a soldier receiving a bowl of soup from a woman. The caption at the bottom reads "Les cuisinières sont toujours à la hauter des circonstances, et le premier bouillon est toujours bu par celui qui le bon Dieu l'a fait." The caption under the title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boîtes rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.

Advertisement for Perles du Japon (Potage recherché). One of seventy-three cards for this product in the collection, most featuring soldiers in uniform. This illustration depicts two soldiers, one of whom has lost a glove and fears that he will be executed for his mistake. The caption at the bottom reads "-- Cré coquin! v'là que j'ai perdu mes gants... on va p'têtre me fusiller, les règlements militaires sont si sévères." The caption under the title reads "Ne se vendent qu'en boîtes rondes bleues de 250 grammes". A lithographer's trademark also appears.

J. M. Moreau Jne., del.; N. DeLaunay sculp. The image is captioned: 'TRAITE DES NEGRES. Quel contract infame l'un marchande ce qui n'appartient a personne, L'autre vend la propriete de la nature.' The English translation is, roughly, 'SLAVE TRADE. In which despicable contract one person bargains with that which belongs to no one. The other sells the property of nature'