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Arcachon is located in the southwestern French department of Gironde, the open Atlantic in the Bay of Biscay. It is a popular seaside resort on the Atlantic coast 55 kilometres (34 mi) southwest of Bordeaux, in the Landes forest. Arachon has a a sandy beach and a mild climate.. It is often seen as a favorable place for invalids recuperating from pulmonary complaints. A French reader tells us, "This postcard was took in the Jardin of the Casino Mauresque. It is front of the beach. The children who were probably playing in the sand on the beach are here seen enjoying a Punch and Judy show (in French: ???). I know this place. Of course many of the children have bare feet because they are at the beach, It is sure these same children put on their shoes when they left the beach to go into the town. Arcachon is a famous city on the French Atlantic coast. The children here look to be from affluent families brought to the seaside for a family vacation. They probably were staying in fashionable hotels."
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