Yet another oddball vintage Made in France item found while treasure hunting
today.
Who is the large man featured on
the front cover? He reminds me of a Texas oil man circa the 1950s. I flipped
it over for clues.
The wooden notepad decorated "a la main" by Gab presents a
fun mystery…Who the heck is Gab? When did he make this little souvenir in Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes? According to
Wikipedia Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
had a population of 333 in 1962.
An even greater mystery…was the previous owner's name Lee or did
someone visiting the thrift store want to test out their pencil?
More baffling still…who is Bettina Muller-Vogeler? I found
this tag tucked away between two sheets of the notepad. Searching her name led
me to her mother, Martha Vogeler,
muse and model for painter Heinrich Vogeler.
And that, my friends, led me to
this gorgeous painting from
1897, “Frühling”, which all good German students should
remember means Spring.
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