Lille Before and During the War

Name: Lille Before and During the War
Author: Pneu Michelin (Firm)

Pneu Michelin (Firm)

Lille (France) -- Guidebooks; Lille (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France

ILLUSTRATED MICHELIN GUIDES
                   TO THE BATTLE-FIELDS (1914-1918)

                                 LILLE

                       BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR

                            [Illustration]

               MICHELIN & Cⁱᵉ, CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE.
          MICHELIN TYRE Cº Lᵗᵈ, 81 Fulham Road, LONDON, S.W.
                MICHELIN TIRE Cº MILLTOWN, N.J. U.S.A.

                   Hotels and Motor-Agents at Lille

        Information extracted from the MICHELIN GUIDE (1919)[1]

                        Key to Arbitrary Signs

  ⒽⒽ                Comfortable hotels, with modern or modernised
                    installation.

  Ⓗ                 Well-managed hotels.

  =[CC]=            Central Heating.

  =[L]=             Electric Light.

  =[B]=             Bath-room.

  =[WC]=            Modern W.C.'s.

  =[T] 104=         Telephone number.

  Ⓣ                 Telegraphic address.

  Gar. =[6]=        Accommodation for automobiles, and the number of
                    cars which can be accommodated.

  Box               Private lock-up compartments.

  Att               Adjoining the hotel.

  =100 m.=          About 100 yards from the hotel.

  =Compressed Air=  Depôt for "bouteilles d'air Michelin" for inflation
                    of tyres.

  Ⓡ                 Repair shop.

  _Agt de_          Manufacturer's agent.

  =[3]=             Garage and number of cars it will accommodate.

  =U=               Inspection pit.

  =[E]=             Petrol can be obtained here.

  =E˝=              Electric plant where accumulators may be recharged.

  =[A·A]=           Agent of "Automobile Association" of England.

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                        HOTELS and MOTOR-AGENTS

  ⒽⒽ    Hôtel Bellevue, _35, rue Jean-Roisin et 17-19, Grande Place_.
             Lift =[CC]= =[L]= =[B]= =[WC]= Gar. =100 m.= =[20]= Ⓣ
             Hôtel Bellevue =[T]= =12-98=.

  ⒽⒽ    Hôtel de l'Europe, _30-32, rue Basse_. Lift =[CC]= =[L]= =[B]=
             =[WC]= Gar. =[15]= =U= =[T]= =4·75=.

  Ⓗ     Hôtel et Restaurant de la Paix, _46, rue de Paris_. =[CC]=
             =[L]= =[B]= =[WC]= Gar. att. =[T]= =1539=.

  Ⓡ     STOCK MICHELIN =(Compressed Air)=, =Garage Dulieux=, _36, rue de
             l'Hôpital-Militaire_. Annexe: _rue de Fontenay_. _Agt de_:
             Corre la Licorne. =[30]= =U= =[E]= =E˝= =[A-A]= Ⓣ
             Dulieux-Automobiles =[T]= =14·04=.

  --    STOCK MICHELIN =(Compressed Air)=. =Agence Renault=, _141,
             boulevard Carnot_, La Madeleine-lès-Lille. =[30]= =U= =[E]=
             =E˝= =[T]= =19.78= (réseau Lille) Ⓣ Renauto.

  --    STOCK MICHELIN, =Louis Vallez=, _5, rue du Palais-Rihour_.
             =[40]= =U= =[E]= =E˝= =[T]= =22·70=.

  --    STOCK MICHELIN, =Grand Garage Farcot=, _68-70, rue Meurein
             (219, rue Nationale)_. =[80]= =U= =[E]= =E˝= =[T]= =20·20=.

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Lille Before and During the War

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