technology

INTRODUCTION…

Progress in Technology…

…

before & … progress …

… as illustrated by different series of «chromos» (small chromolithographic images) used as advertising trade cards, for example:

LE PROGRÈS

[PROGRESS]

[distributed, ca. 1900, by several different French products like «Chicorée Extra de La Belle Jardinière», «Tisanne des Pères Célestins», «Chocolat Louit», «Au Tailleur Moderne», …]

LES PROGRÈS DE L’ÉCLAIRAGE

[PROGRESSES OF LIGHTENING]

 

[published, ca. 1900, by «LIEBIG»]

LUMIÈRE ET LUMINAIRE

[LIGHT AND LIGHTENING]

 

[published, ca, 1900, by «LIEBIG»]

HIER ET AUJOURD’HUI

[YESTERDAY AND TODAY]

 

[published, ca, 1930, by «LION NOIR»]