L’Orange Variee Perfume Presentation, ca. 1925
This post was originally published on this siteIn about 1925, the Parisian perfumer Parfums de Marcy packaged its perfume in this unique arrangement. This L’Orange […]
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Alphonse Bertillon and the Ears Identification of Persons (1893)
This post was originally published on this siteFrench criminologist Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914) was a key actor in the history of crime knowledge at the turn […]
Vintage French Postcards of Mighty Moustached Men With Flowers
This post was originally published on this sitePostcards are so popular because they are tangible and can be kept as long as you want – […]
Vintage Hydro-Powered Breast Massager Ads From the Mid-20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage French quack breast-enlargement devices powered by the water power from your sink. Many items to consider […]
Incredibly Beautiful Vintage Photos of a Two-Mile-Long Moving Sidewalk That Was Built for the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1900, if you were lucky enough to have a ticket such as this one—and almost fifty million […]
Original Goth? Portraits of French Actress Sarah Bernhardt, Who Liked to Wear a Stuffed Bat and Had a Coffin to Sleep
This post was originally published on this siteActress Sarah Bernhardt could be considered one the first goths: she had pets like a cheetah, a wolf […]
Creating Concorde, the first supersonic passenger jet, 1964-1969
This post was originally published on this siteThe Anglo-French Concorde was co-developed by BAC, a forerunner of BAE Systems, and Aerospatiale, now a part of […]
Flying Through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, 1919
This post was originally published on this siteFor the occasion of the victory parade on the Champs Élysées on 14 July 1919, marking the end […]
Spectacular photochrom postcards capture France in vibrant color, 1890-1900
This post was originally published on this siteThese spectacular postcards of France in the last years of the 19th century offer a rare glimpse of […]
Amazing Found Photos Show Interior of a French House in the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteSomeone took a series of glass negatives of rooms and furniture in a French house. Not the usual […]
26 Amazing Pics Show What Life of France Looked Like in the Early 20 Century
This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing pics from Archives Photos that captured everyday life of France from the 1900s and 1910s. Huelgoat’s pond […]
25 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of Paris in 1980
This post was originally published on this siteFrench photographer Marc Laroche took these fascinating photos that show a beautiful Paris in April 1980. See more […]
Delahaye Type 165: The Most Beautiful French Car of the 1930s
This post was originally published on this site1939 Delahaye Type 165 is viewed by many as the most beautiful French car of the 1930s, only […]
Wonderful Paris in the Mid-1970s Through an American Traveler’s Lens
This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing photos were taken by huebner family photos that shows wonderful Paris street scenes when he made a […]
Vintage Photographs of 12-Year-Old Brigitte Bardot in Mrs. Bourgat’s Ballet Class, Paris in 1946
This post was originally published on this siteBrigitte Bardot was born on September 28,1934 into a wealthy Parisian family. Her father, Louis Bardot, was an […]
Le Fox-Terrier Au Pont des Arts by Robert Doisneau, 1953
This post was originally published on this site“Nowadays people’s visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that […]
The Photo Was Posed, But the Kiss Was Real: The Story Behind the Most Famous Kiss Photo by Robert Doisneau in 1950
This post was originally published on this siteAlthough not as iconic as Alfred Eisenstaedt’s the sailor kiss on the V-E Day, Robert Doisneau’s Le Baiser […]
Half Man, Half Bull: Ridiculously Interesting Photos of Pablo Picasso in Minotaur Mask, Côte d’Azur, 1949
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in 1881 in the Spanish port of Malaga, Picasso was immersed in a Mediterranean culture that both […]
A Day at the Halles of Paris in 1968 Through Beautiful Kodachrome Photos
This post was originally published on this siteLes Halles was Paris’s central fresh food market. It was demolished in 1971 and replaced by the Forum […]
The Extending Mini-Skirts in Paris in the Mid-1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThe miniskirt was introduced in 1965 at the fashion show of French designer André Courreges. He felt that […]
Amazing Photos Show How Paris Has Changed Since the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteAn amazing photo collection shows what street scenes of Paris looked like in the 1880s and 1890s. The […]
France in the Final Year of World War I, 1918
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s 1918 and France was caught in the final year of World War I. American photographer Lewis Hine […]
France in the Early Photography: 26 Rare and Fascinating Photos of French People From the 1840s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1800 in Paris, French photographer Louis Adolphe Humbert de Molard is interested in the first photographic techniques […]
50 Amazing Photos Capture Street Scenes of Paris Around 1900
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in 1857, in Libourne near Bordeaux and raised by his uncle, Eugène Atget’s youth was molded by […]
Paris Just Before WWII: 22 Stunning Photos Capture Daily Life of the French Capital in the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteAfter the First World War ended. The French economy boomed from 1921 until the Great Depression reached Paris […]