Three enticing signs in the main street of Chaumont better known for its chateau – a tea room, a delicatessen and an engraving studio. Trois enseignes bien sympathiques dans la rue principale du village de Chaumont mieux connu pour son château.
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McCormick decked with flowers – McCormick fleurie
The McCormick harvester and twine binder, maufactured in 1881, was the first binder which tied the bundles with twine. Jean Michel remembers seeing them in the sixties on his grandparents’ farm. This one, in Onzain, just across the Loire from Château de Chaumont is decorated with fllowers every summer. La faucheuse-lieuse McCormick, fabriquée dès 1881, était la …
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Sculptures & cedars – Sculptures & cèdres
These intricate sculptures are on the outside of château de Chaumont next to century-old cedars. Ces sculptures bien travaillées se trouvent à l’extérieur du château de Chaumont à côté de cèdres millénaires.