Thank you for viewing. This photo was purchased at a French brocante. It is a picture of a handsome young soldier. Judging from the uniform, it appears to be from the time of World War I. It's over 100 years old. I bought it framed, and removed the contents because I needed the frame. The photographer's credit is printed on the bottom right of the mount. "Photographie L. Delfoch Mildner successeur 21. Rue du Capitole Besançon" This means "Taken by L. Delfoch Photography, which succeeded the former Mildner Photography studio, located at 21 Capitole Street, Besançon." Well, up to this point, my impression was just, "Oh, he's from Besançon," but when I removed it from the frame, there was another piece of backing paper behind the mount, and on it was written in pencil: "45380 Melle Oudry 2 cadres identiques 7f50" This means "45380 (probably a reception number) Mademoiselle Oudry 2 identical frames 7 francs 50 centimes" There was a note from the photographer. In other words, the person who ordered and framed this photo was probably a single woman named Oudry (if she were married, it would say "Madame" instead of "Mademoiselle"). Finding this scribble suddenly made my imagination run wild. Was Mademoiselle Oudry this soldier's lover? Did she have a photo taken of her lover before he went to war and had it framed...? The fact that she ordered two identical frames suggests that perhaps the other one was a portrait of Mademoiselle Oudry herself, which she gave to her lover to take to the war. ...And it's all just speculation, but the written notes sparked my imagination, and when I thought about the fact that the photo has survived for over 100 years and made its way all the way to Japan, I couldn't bear to throw it away, so I decided to put it up for sale. I hope that someone will purchase this photo, which was left behind by Mademoiselle Oudry in a distant land of France 100 years ago, and cherish it. Brocante Antique Vintage Old photo World War I Early 20th century Flea market France