discovering Annecy of yesteryear, in the interwar years, in humor and postcards
This Annecy of yesteryear, that of the interwar period, was obviously very different. This journey through time is proposed by the Municipal Archives which recount in photos and postcards this rapid period for the little Venice of the Alps, which made it the tourist city of today ….
It is the period of rediscovered happiness, the end of the first war, the desire to build a new future. In this still traumatized France, Annecy will make a pretty place for itself.
From 1920 to 1930, the city experienced a meteoric expansion. The canals are cleaned up. New neighborhoods appear. Annecy is getting beautiful.
An image, which we find on the postcards of the time.
“They were generic maps, an illustrator made the map for a publisher and then we added the name of the city and obviously the publishing houses targeted the big tourist resorts as we said at the time.. “says Marie-Claude Reyssac, Manager of the Municipal Archives of Annecy
These postcards will make Annecy known throughout the country. Advertisements are broadcast in England, Switzerland and Germany … Walks on the lake, skiing on the Semnoz, the Mont Verrier cable car, Annecy has its assets, and it appeals more and more.
“We also created at that time the Casino Théâtre which reached a rather wealthy clientele at the time, and then there were 36, paid holidays, and there there was another clientele a little different than Annecy has also captured “ pursuit Marie-Claude Reyssac
This golden age made Annecy what it is today, an attractive and dynamic city; between the wars, its population doubled. It has not stopped growing since.
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