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Postcards

The first Barday postcards bear
this name, the name of their publi-
shing house, whose two partners,
Maurice Barré and Jules Dayez,
shortened and combined their sur-
names, creating the pseudonym
“Barday”.
Barday dates back to 1925 and
used more than 70 different illus-
trators to design its postcards,
hence the variety in their designs.
The postcard publisher produced
its products according to the litho-
graphy principle, using one stone
per colour. Sometimes the work
was even stenciled, making the col-
lection all the more interesting.
Another feature of these postcards
is that they are cut with a string
rather than a cutter, giving them
the irregular edges associated with
this technique. For identification,
they are marked with the initials BD
in a rectangle at the bottom of the
back of the postcards. The sets of
postcards are numbered, with each
card in a set distinguished by a key
letter.
Pre-war cards are small (9x14cm),
while post-war cards are slight-
ly larger (10x15cm). Some of the
cards were printed in both formats
(presumably the stock was sold
out).
Among the authors who worked for
Barday, there are famous names
such as Jylbert, Naudy, Jean
Paris... alongside less well-known
illustrators, including a certain
Barday...

This Barday is famous for his post-
cards of cities and monuments with
very detailed, beautiful drawings.

2 postcards, published by Barday, string cut visible. The back features the
reference number and letter.

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