[3] An old box from the Maison Chocolat Lombart is decorated with two medallions recording patents granted by King Louis XVI and later by the Duchess of Angoulême in 1814.

He received the Cross of the Legion of Honour on 23 July 1881 after the Melbourne International Exhibition (1880), where the company had a large display.

[6] Lombart introduced various improvements in the manufacturing process, gradually increasing daily output to 10,000 kilograms (22,000 lb) of chocolate.

[5] Lombart established an insurance plan for the workers to cover workplace accidents, including a daily allowance during sickness, medical attention and help with funeral expenses.

[8] The annual bonus, which in the 1880s varied from 60,000 to 100,000 francs in total, was divided among the workers and staff based on seniority, salary and merit.

The workers were encouraged to save through a monthly payment of 2 francs invested in a fund called l'Abeille.

[11] The Chocolaterie Lombart, at the beginning of the twentieth century, was "the biggest factory in Paris", and also had an establishment in Ivry.

The series gave an optimistic view, including one of modern aviation replacing the Zeppelin.

[17][a] The factory at 75 avenue de Choisy was described by the novelist Anne-Marie Garat in her novel Dans la main du diable.