Daily life and tourism

Find the activities of the village, the trades and the beginnings of the resort in photographs and period documents.

17 files and collections of the Yves Cordelle fund.

• Auguste Blin, ferger of Vierville: photographs of the forge

  1938

  Photographs of the forge by Auguste Blin, taken in 1938 according to the notes of the fund.

• The fish merchant and her dog hitch

• The vintage boiler: documents on the manufacture of calvados

  1939 and 1953

• The small train and transport of Vierville: documents and photographs

• The Casino Hotel: postcards and history of the establishment

• Le Gallois establishments: bazaar, cabins and brasserie on the beach

• The Hôtel des Touristes, now La Pie qui Tette: images and documents

• The Hôtel de la Plage, now Hotel de la Place: images and documents

• The cliff campsite: archives and photographs since 1970

  Since 1970

• "Vive Vierville": song by Simone Pourchez

  August 19, 1926

  The document bears the mention "Souvenir of the artistic evening of August 19, 1926".

• The Bessin coast in 1932: browse the tourist brochure

  1932

• Bessin beaches and sea baths: tourist brochure

  1932

• Vierville and Saint-Laurent: tourist description and local life

  1932

• Colleville and Sainte-Honorine: tourist description and local life

  1932

• Trévières: history and local life in the tourist brochure

  1932

• Formigny: places and history in the tourist brochure

  1932

• Ads from the Bessin tourist brochure

  1932

All documentary collections