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Record Number: 12518


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'3rd March 1929. At Montmartre. I promised to conduct the latest pensionnaires over Montmartre when they first arrived. Foreigners are always in a hurry to see Montmartre. So today we went up to the Place Pigalle and examined the boulevard exteriors from the ?Abbaie? to Weppler?s. Afterwards up the rue Lepic, where I related what I know of the street?s gruesome past, by the Moulin de la Galette to the Place du Tertre. From the front of the Sacr? Coeur we endeavoured to see something of the famous view but there was too much mist. We laughed at the notice to motorists ?Ralentissez; attention aux Petits Poulbots?. (Slow down, watch out for the Petit Poulbots). [Francisque Poulbot is one of the most famous French illustrators, especially illustrators of children. Poulbot is particularly known for his drawings of Paris street urchins. Poulbot loved to draw these children as shameless, and often malicious jokesters. Most of his work was published in the 1900s-30s]

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

3 Mar 1929

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Gerald Moore

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Jun 1903

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company

Religion:

none

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Road sign]

Genre:

Road Sign

Form of Text:

Print: Road sign

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

12518

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Gerald Moore

Title:

MS Diary 1929

Location:

Private Collection

Call No:

MS Diary 1929

Page/Folio:

n/a

Citation:

Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1929 Private Collection, p. MS Diary 1929, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12518, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith.

   
   
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