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France-Amérique, "Nouvelles Parisiennes" ("Paris News") by Michel Georges-Michel, March 17, 1946, p. 8. National Library of France (via Gallica). Le Fiacre. Exchange rate. (MeasuringWorth). 1946 and 1947 U.S. Dollar - French franc exchange rate. Le Pique-Boeuf. "Paris-Casa: Notes de Voyage 2: De la Canebière au Boulevard de la Gare" ("Paris-Casa[blanca]: Travel Notes 2: From Canebière Avenue to Station Boulevard"), by Max Maurice August 24, 1946, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica). Cab fares in Marseille and Paris. . "Mademoiselle Rachel Dorange, eine Pariser Spezialität, will 'umsatteln'" ("Mademoiselle Rachel Dorange, a Parisian specialty, wants to 'change tack'"), August 17, 1946, p. 3. Austrian National Library (via ANNO). V. "Femme du monde la nuit, cochère le jour" ("Socialite by night, cochère by day"), August 4, 1946, p. 4. National Library of Frence (via Gallica). Une Semaine de Paris. "Le fiacre de Rachel Dorange" ("Rachel Dorange's cab"), February 12, 1947, p. 8. National Library of France (via Gallica). Le Populaire de l'Ouest. "Les On-Dits: Le Fiacre" ("Rumours: The cab"), June 16, 1947, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica). L'intransigeant. "Rachel, la cochère fuit la concurrence" ("Rachel, the cabbie, flees from competition"), August 5, 1947, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). Ici Paris. "Le bonheur en fiacre" ("Happiness in a cab"), October 14, 1947, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica). Le Grillon. "Le Grillon" by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (via Les Voix de la Poesie (Voices of Poetry). New York Herald Tribune (European Edition). "Mme d'Orange drives Coco from boulevards to London," October 28, 1948, p. 5. National Library of France (via Gallica). Daily Mail. "Lady cabbie's trip is off," October 28, 1948, p. 3. National Library of France (via Gallica). L'Émancipateur. "Rachel Dorange devra-t-elle vendre son Coco aux enchères?" ("Will Rachel Dorange have to sell her Coco at auction?") January 5, 1950, p. 3. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel's letter to Queen Elizabeth. London Evening News. "Coco is on the way; Madame drives to London," October 29, 1948, p. 1. British Library (via British Newspaper Archive). Subscription required for full text. Dundee Courier. "Somewhere in between: London correspondence," October 30, 1948, p. 3. British Library (via British Newspaper Archive). Subscription required for full text. Daily Herald. "Short stories," November 1, 1948, p. 3. British Library (via British Newspaper Archive). Subscription required for full text. Calgary Herald. "Woman driver Paris tradition," October 28, 1955, p. 41 (Google Books). See also page page 66. London in World War II. (Wikipedia). Surrey Mirror. "An old-world vehicle passes through Surrey," November 12, 1948, p. 7. British Library (via British Newspaper Archive). Subscription required for full text. Rachel left Paris on October 20.
| Abbeville Libre. "Le fiacre de Rachel Dorange avec le cheval 'Coco' sejourna dans notre ville" ("Rachel Dorange's cab, with 'Coco' the horse stayed in our city"), November 19, 1948, p. 3. National Library of France (via Gallica). Jules Dorange. "Dorange, Jules Albert Germain," France. Ministère des Armées, Mémoire des Hommes. La Libération. "Carnet de la femme" ("Women's diary"), November 4, 1948, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica). L'Entente. "Mon Grain de sel: Dada" ("My Grain of Salt: Hobbyhorse") by Paul Munier. October 25, 1949, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). Coco costs 124,777 francs from April to October, 1949. L'Émancipateur. "Rachel Dorange devra-t-elle vendre son Coco aux enchères?" ("Will Rachel Dorange have to sell her Coco at auction?") January 5, 1950, p. 3. National Library of France (via Gallica). Coco costs 124,777 francs from April to October, 1949. France-Soir. "Sur le boulevard à ragots" ("On Gossip Boulevard"), October 18, 1949, p. 5. National Library of France (via Gallica). Coco costs 650 francs a day. Exchange rate. (MeasuringWorth). 1949 U.S. Dollar - French franc exchange rate. Badische Abend-Zeitung. "Die letzte Droschkenkutscherin von Paris: Rachel Dorange ritt von Paris nach Berlin" ("The last femme cocher in Paris: Rachel Dorange rode from Paris to Berlin"), December 23, 1949, p. 5. (Deutsches Zeitungsportal). Le Berry Républicain. "Rachel Dorange roule vers Bruxelles" ("Rachel Dorange heads toward Brussels"), October 22, 1949, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). Pourquoi Pas?. "Une écuyère qui vient de France" ("A Horsewoman from France"), October 28, 1949, p. 17. (Belgicapress) La République de Seine-et-Marne. "Une amazone à Melun" ("An amazon in Melun"), November 28, 1950, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). Artistica. "L'Écuyere Rachel Dorange sera bient├┤t de passage dans notre ville" (The horsewoman Rachel Dorange will soon be visiting our city"), December 23, 1950, p. 4. National Library of France (via Gallica). Le Patriote de Nice et du Sud-Est. "Rachel Dorange à l'Éperon de Nice" ("Rachel Dorange at the Éperon de Nice"), December 23, 1950, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica). Qui? Detective "À la Poursuite d'un amour défunt" ("In pursuit of a dead love") by Marcel Morin, August 27, 1951, pp. 22-23. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel books passage to New York on the De Grasse. Ici Paris. "Rachel Dorange reclame 25 millions...." ("Rachel Dorange is seeking 25 million...."), February 26, 1951, p. 13. National Library of France (via Gallica).
Exchange rate. (MeasuringWorth). The 1951 rate was 350 francs to the U.S. dollar.
Dimanche-Matin. "7 Jours a Paris" ("7 days in Paris"), July 29, 1951, p. 5. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel announces her trip to New York.
Qui? Detective "À la Poursuite d'un amour défunt" ("In pursuit of a dead love") by Marcel Morin, August 27, 1951, pp. 22-23. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel books passage to New York on the De Grasse.
De Grasse (ocean liner).
New York Herald Tribune. "Paris taxi drivers to 'strike' today by obeying all rules," October 5, 1951, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica).
La Vigie Marocaine. "Le retour de Rachel Dorange" ("The return of Rachel Dorange"), May 5, 1952, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). Death of Coco.
Fanfan La Tulippe. (Google search on Fanfan La Tulippe). All you need to know and more.
Daily Mail. "A Paris Diary" by Paul White. April 11, 1952, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica).
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