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La Vigie marocaine - 23 Years available - Gallica

Captured 2025-11-22

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La Vigie marocaine - 23 Years available - Gallica

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This page appears to be an archival database entry on Gallica, the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), displaying the chronological availability of a French periodical publication spanning from 1915 to 1954. The page serves as a comprehensive catalog interface showing the distribution of digitized issues across nearly four decades of publication history, with a total collection of 7,241 issues available across 23 years of documented publication. The data reveals fascinating patterns in the publication's history that reflect major historical events and changing editorial practices. The early years (1915-1934) show limited digitized content, with only scattered issues from 1915-1916 and then a gap until the 1930s when regular publication resumed with consistent daily or near-daily frequency (360-368 issues annually). The 1940s present a particularly intriguing anomaly: 1941 shows an exceptional spike to 546 issues, followed by a dramatic drop to just 167 issues in 1942, likely reflecting the disruptions of World War II and the German occupation of France. The publication appears to have recovered by 1944 with 353 issues, gradually stabilizing in the post-war period with consistent annual counts ranging from 306 to 380 issues. This archival collection represents significant historical value for researchers studying French journalism, wartime media, and 20th-century publishing practices. The dramatic fluctuations in issue frequency during the war years (1940-1945) provide tangible evidence of how global conflicts impacted French media production and distribution. The consistent publication numbers in the 1930s and post-1950 period suggest this was likely a daily newspaper or frequent periodical that maintained regular circulation despite challenging historical circumstances. The Gallica platform's systematic preservation and digitization of this extensive collection demonstrates the BnF's commitment to making French cultural heritage accessible to researchers, historians, and the general public. The precise cataloging by year and issue count enables scholars to identify gaps in publication, study editorial responses to historical events, and trace the evolution of French periodical journalism through some of the most turbulent decades of the 20th century.

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La Vigie marocaine - 23 Years available - Gallica. (2025, 11 22). gallica.bnf.fr. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb344718653/date

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Domain gallica.bnf.fr
File Size 121 KB
Archived 2025-11-22T14:13:18.165729
Document ID #75
Languages 5 available