Bureau de Placement

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Description

Title
Bureau de Placement
Alternative Title
Postcard depicts an unemployed lawyer in the aftermath of the Humbert affair
Legally themed postcard depicts an unemployed lawyer in the aftermath of the Humbert affair
Contributor
Montbertrand, Lois S.
A. Bergeret et Cie., publisher.
Published / Created
[1903?]
Publication Place
Nancy, [France]
Publisher
A. Bergeret et Cie
Abstract

Image depicts an attorney formerly employed in the Humbert affair, now unemployed and in financial distress

Description
Postal stamp on verso and manuscript date on recto, both dated 1903. Includes manuscript address and notations.
Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1463763
Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.2 no.22 tall.
Online resource; description based on print version record.
Thérèse Humbert, a woman of humble origins with limited education and meager means, executed an elaborate swindle that endured for nearly two decades. She accomplished this by deceiving prominent figures in French society who willingly entrusted their fortunes to her in hopes of substantial returns. They, in turn, enriched her considerably, and until her scheme unraveled, she lived a life of opulence and admiration. However, when the falsehoods underpinning her schemes were exposed, she garnered significant public attention, albeit not for admiration. Unrepentant even in the face of her downfall, Thérèse delighted the public during her trial. Plump, jolly, and as good-humored as ever, she entertained her lawyer with witty asides in the courtroom. Her story continues to be recounted in modern times through books, articles, and the 1983 French movie "Thérèse Humbert," in which Simone Signoret portrays her.
Extent
1 online resource (1 postcard) :
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
French

Collection Information

Repository
Lillian Goldman Law Library
Call Number
HV6691 .B87 1903

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Postcards
Material
illustration, black and white.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
France
Subject (Name)
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856-
Subject (Topic)
Swindlers and swindling
Humor
Lawyers
Subjects
Swindlers and swindling > France > Humor
Humbert, Thérèse, 1856- > Humor
Lawyers > France > Humor

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Catalog Record
991008444699708651
Catalog Record
b17203934
Object ID (OID)
33532134

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