"LE CHANTIER" ( * ) PARIS - "OEUVRE CHRETIENNE & SOCIALE - Lot 609

"LE CHANTIER" ( * ) PARIS - "OEUVRE CHRETIENNE & SOCIALE" - RARE SOUVENIR PHOTO BOOKLET 1906-1909, issued on the occasion of the First Communion and the "Chantier" from May 7 to 11, 1911 - Italian style, 40 pages 13.5 x 21.5 cm, with texts presenting the work and photos of the directors, the premises, exterior & interior, at 199 rue de Berry - opposite the Gare de Lyon clock - now destroyed, the premises after the 1910 flood, the children of the patronage, the soccer team of the union athlétique du "chantier" gymnasts, the fête Dieu at the chantier, the kermesse on May 9, 1909, the excursionists from the chantier aboard the "Savoie" (visit to Geneva), the colonists at Grand Saint Bernard, on the sea of ice, in the Aosta Valley, at Montanvers.... ATTACHED: signed handwritten letter, dated May 16, 1911, from Abbé F. Poivrel, Director. "...Next Sunday you will find us celebrating, I hope we will keep your indulgence. Very honored to.... ( * ) - Social organization still in existence today, located at 24 rue Henard in the 12th arrondissement of Paris - Founded in 1905 as the parish patronage of the church of Saint Antoine des Quinze Vingt. Strongly marked the social history of the district, involving the entire working class and bourgeoisie. Founded the Union Athlétique, an all-purpose sports association, including soccer and gymnastics. Welcomed 700 children in 1907; owned a central purchasing office, organized free weekly medical consultations, legal advice, a placement office, a photo club... Band of 60 musicians, drawing classes, etc.