The first photo has a local specificity, it represents a "straw". The straw men, trustworthy men of the farms, ensured the transport of goods to the markets of Paris. The carts they drove with their teams of horses could hold up to 800 bales of straw.
Postcard, n°89, 1912, Classeur 3, municipal archives of Roissy-en-France, digitization by RDVA
Postcard, n°210, 1907, Binder 4, Archives of the Town Hall of Roissy-en-France, digitization by RDVA
Postcard, n°32, 1914-1918, Classeur 3, Municipal Archives of Roissy-en-France, photograph by Maud LEGRIS
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