Image of At the Mont-de-Piete (Mont de Piete), a financial institution in by Unknown Artist, (20th century)

At the Mont-de-Piete (Mont de Piete), a financial institution in Paris, created in the 17th...

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Image title: At the Mont-de-Piete (Mont de Piete), a financial institution in Paris, created in the 17th century, to allow the most destitute to escape the loan sharks by making pawn loans; the illustration shows the store rooms where the pawn items are stored, as well as the sales room where the auctioneer is responsible for selling the items which have not been withdrawn after one year of deposit. Engraving in "Le petit journal" 29/6/1902. Selva Collection.
Artist: Unknown Artist, (20th century)
Photographer: Leonard de Selva
Location: Private Collection
Medium: engraving
Date: 1902 AD (C20th AD)

Image description: At the Mont-de-Piete (Mont de Piete), a financial institution in Paris, created in the 17th century, to allow the most destitute to escape the loan sharks by making pawn loans; the illustration shows the store rooms where the pawn items are stored, as well as the sales room where the auctioneer is responsible for selling the items which have not been withdrawn after one year of deposit. Engraving in "Le petit journal" 29/6/1902. Selva Collection.
Photo credit: Photo © Leonard de Selva / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 20th century / colour / France / Europe / engraving / object / engraving / french / poverty / bid / press / warehouse / years 1900 / french / pauper / finance / money

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