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| The Boulevard de Muy. |
| Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone |








| The oldest city in France, Marseille lies on Mediterranean on the south-east coast of the country. It is France's second most populous city, with a population in 2007 of 1.6 million and is its largest commercial port. |

| This postcard of the Cours Belsunce was mailed in 1906. |

| A ship leaving the harbour of la Joliette. |

| Did You Know............that Joseph Pujol, better know by his stage name, Le Petomane, was born in Marseille in 1857 ? This gentleman made a living as a professional farter ! It is reported that at one time the climax of his act involved him farting his impression of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. |

| A corner of the old port. |

| Quai de la Joliette. |

| Gare St Charles. |

| La Corniche. |

| Rue Noailles. |

| Place St-Ferreol in the snow - 14 January 1914. |

| The Fontaine Contini. |
| Postcards of the Past |


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