April Fool's Day / Poisson d'Avril - early 1900s traditional French picture postcard depicting girl holding basket of fish.

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In France and Italy, children and adults traditionally tack paper fishes on each other's back as a trick and shout "April fish!" in their local languages ("Poisson d'Avril!" and "Pesce d'aprile!" in French and Italian, respectively). Such fish feature prominently on many French late 19th to early 20th century April Fools' Day postcards as seen here.

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Size: 3396px × 5120px
Photo credit: © Ed Buziak / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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