| Menton, Cote d'Azur |
| Menton is a French town located on the French-Italian border a few kilometres from Monte Carlo. It is a pleasant place to visit with a nice promenade and plenty of places to eat and drink - well worth a stop-over if you are in the area. |
| Menton and Cap Martin. |
| La Baie de Garavan in a postcard mailed in 1906. |
| The Chateau de Grimaldi on the French-Italian border. |
| A modern reproduction of an advertising poster from the early 1900s. |
| This is a super old postcard of the Casino and its gardens, posted in 1931. |
| An aerial view of Menton in the 1960s. "Au premier plan, au bord de la mer, le Casino Municipal et sa piscine. Au loin, l'Italie." |
| Another view of the Casino. This postcard was sent by a French soldier to his wife, telling how he was lodged at the Casino, and how he did not regret the Dardenelles. |
| The Pont Saint-Louis on the Franco-Italian border. |
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| A view of Menton from the border. |
| The French Customs Post on the Italian border - a 1954 postcard. |
| Two excellent real photo views of Menton from the early 1960s. |
| Menton in the 1950s. |
| This 1959 postcard is of the last flight of steps to Notre-Dame de l'Annonciade, which is 230 metres above sea-level. |
| An undated postcard which claims to show the beach !! |
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| The French-Italian border, just outside Menton. This postcard dates from 1908. |
| postcards of the past |
| A 1909 postcard of the Promenade. |
| An undated postcard of Menton Harbour. |
| La Montee de la Conception. |
| Another view of the Promenade. |