F.N. Cards Fernand Nathan School Support

These are not postcards, but black-and-white photographic views mounted on cardboard in a postcard format. They were published by Fernand Nathan, a renowned publisher of school textbooks, around 1920.
The back of these cards, in light beige or very pale sea green, is blank with no inscriptions. They were intended as educational materials for primary schools.

Indochina - Yunnan - Railway
Fernand Nathan 1
#5439 ©Cartacaro 5011
Indochina - Tonkin
Hanoi, avenue with large stores
Fernand Nathan 6
#5440 ©Cartacaro 5012
Indochina - Annam
A gate of Hué giving access to the citadel
Fernand Nathan 7
#5441 ©Cartacaro 5013
Indochina - Cochinchina
Saigon, a day of big market
Fernand Nathan 8
#5442 ©Cartacaro 5014
Indochina - Cambodia
Phnom Penh School of Administration
Fernand Nathan 9
#5443 ©Cartacaro 5015
Indochina
Elephant throwing bamboo
Fernand Nathan 11
#5444 ©Cartacaro 5016
Indochina - Laos
On the road to Luang Prabang
Fernand Nathan 12
#5445 ©Cartacaro 5017
Indochina - Laos
A sacred crane at the Luang Prabang market
Fernand Nathan 13
#5446 ©Cartacaro 5018
Indochina - Tonkin - Market in a city
Fernand Nathan 15
#5447 ©Cartacaro 5019
Indochina - How to plow a rice field
Fernand Nathan 16
#5448 ©Cartacaro 5020
Indochina - Transplanting of rice
Fernand Nathan 17
#5449 ©Cartacaro 5021
Indochina - Cochinchina
Rubber exploitation
Fernand Nathan 18
#5450 ©Cartacaro 5022
Indochina - Tonkin - Fishing with a lift net
Fernand Nathan 19
#5451 ©Cartacaro 5023
Indochina - Cochinchina - Logging
Fernand Nathan 20
#5452 ©Cartacaro 5024
Indochina - Annam - Salt Harvest
Fernand Nathan 21
#5453 ©Cartacaro 5025
Indochina - Annam - Blacksmiths
Fernand Nathan 23
#5454 ©Cartacaro 5026
Indochina - Tonkin - Haiphong The cement factory
Fernand Nathan 24
#5455 ©Cartacaro 5027

Fernand Nathan was born in Passy (now part of Paris) in 1858. He began his career working for Charles Delagrave, a Parisian publisher and bookseller.
On June 8, 1881, at just 23 years old, he partnered with Jean-Baptiste Fauvé (1834–1893) to establish the "Librairie Classique Nicolas Fauvé et Fernand Nathan", located at 18 Rue de Condé in Paris’s 6th arrondissement. In 1884, Nathan bought out his partner’s shares, becoming the sole owner of the publishing house.
The company’s focus on educational publishing came at an opportune time: the Jules Ferry laws and educational reforms of the early decades of the Third Republic created a highly favorable environment for this sector, providing Fernand Nathan with significant opportunities.

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