Anonymous Wine Scenes (8)

Toasting outside house - est. year 1946

Here we go again with a batch of wine scenes across mostly the 20th century with this serie of black-and-white pictures found here and there in the fleamarkets in France. Raise your glass and remember to celebrate friendship and good moments, especially in a time most of us are stuck at home and forbidden to socialize with friends. These people on the pictures couldn't imagine back their time that this innocent snap would eventually end up be screened worldwide in a virtual publication centered on drinking wine or booze together. Notice the glasses used here, there are both the "modern" iconic Duralex glasses (the Provence and Picardie in particular with their faceted sides) or these beautiful old glasses like the ones on the 1890 picture (and I still find this type of mouth-blown glasses on the flea markets, sometimes for as little as 1 € each).
You know the philosophy of this serie : pay attention to the moments the productivist mindset tend to consider as unproductive, these are the moments that count at the end. As usual, when no date information at the back of the print, I pit an estimated year, judging by the appearance, clothes and hairdo, and when there's a date written (and possibly a location) i put the info as such...

I'm presently holed up in the isolated hideout in the Loire without landline internet connection and little signal through the mobile phone but will still try to manage publishing more stuff....

Conscripts in front of their barracks - est. year 1916Farm scene - June 18 1934Men with berets and dog - estimated year 1950Around the kitchen table - est. year 1958Youths toasting in the mountain - 1938Champagne in the backyard - est. year 18953 couples at La Mongie (Pyrénées), 6 april 1947At kitchen table with dog - est. year 1930Champagne in [Bad] Bergzabern december 1949 (military personnel I think)[Bad] Bergzabern 1 january 1950Family reunion - est. year 1928Outside a cafe - est. year 1890Soldiers , october 1939No booze here but I liked the Jacques-Tati [Mon Oncle] ambiance - 1959

 

Comments

[JVScanlon]

Great Blog, keeping me happy during the lockdown (I'm in the countryside west of Paris) and looking forward to some trip to wine country as soon as possible

[William Schmitt]

Take care, we need and enjoy your blog!

[Bert]

Thanks William and JVS !