Observed arrival · 2026-11-12
Les Rousses autrefois: a village in postcards
A personal archive of 349 old postcards documenting Les Rousses and the Haut-Jura from 1895 to 1977.
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- Les Rousses residents, local-history readers, postcard collectors
- Worth noticing
- The first era, 1895–1914, contains 140 cards, including views of the Grand-Rue, the Cure, the fort, and early skiers.
Field notes
The collection groups cards into four periods and 14 themes, with links from each period to its full set. Captions identify places and scenes, including the Morez–Nyon tram, the Cuvaloup ski lift, and the Jouvencelles buildings. For cards without dates, the homepage says placement is based on what the image depicts.
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One card from the complete issue