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Looking for Photos of WWII French Vineyards
gremlinz
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Posted: Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 12:53 PM UTC
Does anyone know of anywhere I can find photos of French Vineyards circa 1930s-1940s ? I've been hunting for weeks but can only find modern stuff.

I'm primarily looking for photos of the buildings, equipment that would be found in and around the buildings and the layouts of the vines etc.
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Posted: Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 07:23 PM UTC
Hi Dean,
check this That's a postcards selling website and it's a great resource for old French stuff.
Now honestly, I doubt there would be MUCH difference in the layout of the vineyards between now and 100 years ago. Old buildings are still in use etc.
The major difference I would see is that you would probably find for weed at the base of the grape plants because they didn't use so much de-weed-processes then.
JB
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Posted: Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 08:55 PM UTC
You can also take a look HERE
...270 pics to choose from

HTH
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Posted: Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 10:04 PM UTC
Thanks guys. The area I live in is a wine growing area so I'm fortunate enough to be able to use the buildings as reference as some are pre WWII but unfortunately most have been modernized and fining out what sort of setup was typical around 1944 is a bit harder.

Would one of you be kind enough to tell me what this says ?

Localisation France ; Alsace ; Haut-Rhin ; Riquewihr
Edifice Maison dite Nid de Cigognes, dite aussi Maison du Vigneron ou Maison Liebrich ou A. Preiss
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Posted: Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 10:37 PM UTC

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Thanks guys. The area I live in is a wine growing area so I'm fortunate enough to be able to use the buildings as reference as some are pre WWII but unfortunately most have been modernized and fining out what sort of setup was typical around 1944 is a bit harder.

Would one of you be kind enough to tell me what this says ?

Localisation France ; Alsace ; Haut-Rhin ; Riquewihr
Edifice Maison dite Nid de Cigognes, dite aussi Maison du Vigneron ou Maison Liebrich ou A. Preiss


France; Alsace; Haut-Rhin; Riquewihr Building House known as Nest of Storks, known as also House of the Vine grower or Liebrich House or A. Preiss
jba
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Posted: Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 10:39 PM UTC
first one means this:
, for the exact location type Riquewihr in google maps.
second one means that:
'name of the house: "stork's nest" or "liebrich house" or "vineyard house" or "A Preiss" '
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2009 - 04:06 AM UTC
1920's era stuff (but it should be OK for the 1930's-1940's) :
wine press

steming machine :






You can check out MK35 accessories range for some useful items like this cart :



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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2009 - 09:34 AM UTC
Thanks heaps for those, that helps a lot.

I'm planning on getting several of the Mk35 things including the new tractor as it's just what I've been looking for.
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