Postcard: your arrival with your family (and by train) in Aubenton station
Since 1 January 1952, the SNCF has stopped passenger traffic at the Aubenton station. And this building, which belongs to him, now presents the sinister allure of abandonment...
We suggest you to go back in time, if not on the train, by replacing the charming faces of this family of the late 19th century by yours, and to keep the memory of your arrival on the platform of the station, with all your luggage. Wait: the carriage of the Hotel du Lion d'Or, run by Jules Mermoz, Jean’s father, will soon take you to the centre of the town to settle down and rest from the fatigue of the journey.
As was common practice at the time, photographs are often presented in postcard format, with more or less wide distribution. It bears a stamp dated 1920, thus used much later than the original shot.
The installation takes place not near the remains of the station, but on the Church Square, very close to the old Hotel du Lion d'Or, where the future glory of the French Wings was born in 1901.
The photographic montage was made by the graphic design company Giik, based in Saint-Michel en Thiérache.