Historical account, trunk maker for four generations page 3/5
ETS BERNARD : trunk maker for 4 generations.
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1900 |
1905 |
1906 |
The 10s |
The 20s |
The 30s |
1944 |
1946 |
The 50s |
The 60s
1971 |
The 70s |
1974 |
1976 |
The 80s |
The 90s |
1994 |
The 2000s
The 50s - Adrien BERNARD grew fast his company with his trunk maker's savoir-faire acquired at his father's side . The ten or so workers company made travel trunks, travel goods, commercial traveller's luggage, specific car luggage, roof rack-trunks, vulcanisated fibreboard cases and superfibrite cases, leather goods, and leather-made transistors and radio/televisions.
Adrien BERNARD registered the trademark La Palourde in accordance with the lightness of his fibreboard suitcases. |
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The company has prospered. Three travel goods shops started up in Paris : a first one 154 rue Lamark, a second one 124 avenue de Saint-Ouen, and a third one avenue de Wagram. All the Adrien BERNARD's soons : Claude (1933-), Michel (1937-), Noël (1945-1978), Rémy (1947-), and Dominique(1953-), started working at the family business. |
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The 60s - The Adrien BERNARD's enterprise spirit and avant-garde mind drived him to diversify his company into risky business like making radio/televisions.
So Adrien BERNARD had to sell his shops. His trunk and travel goods workshop moved in Paris, 9 rue de Saintonge .
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