30 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Café Culture in Paris From the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteFor the French, the idea of café culture goes back centuries, when the great thinkers, poets, philosophers, artists […]
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Rare Photograph of Vincent van Gogh in Conversation With Friends in Paris, 1887
This post was originally published on this siteThis potential van Gogh photo was taken in Paris by Jules Antoine, an architect and amateur photographer, in […]
Madame Decourcelle, the First Female Taxi Driver in Paris
This post was originally published on this siteIt is well known, women had to wait longer in the history to have the same rights as […]
Les Femmes Cocher: Vintage Postcards of the First Female Horse-Cab Drivers in Paris From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteIn November, 1906, three women began a month-long apprenticeship in preparation for the Prefecture of Police examination that […]
Album of Paris Crime Scenes: Early Crime Scene Photographs Taken by Alphonse Bertillon
This post was originally published on this siteAlphonse Bertillon (1853–1914) was a French criminologist and anthropologist who created the first system of physical measurements, photography, […]
Floyd A. Hyatt Collection: Wonderful Photos of Eiffel Tower in 1955
This post was originally published on this siteLocally nicknamed “La dame de fer” (French for “Iron Lady”), the Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower […]
Amazing Vintage Photographs From the Spring Fashion Week in Paris, 1951
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1951, LIFE magazine sent three photographers to Paris during the fashion week and give readers a first […]
30 Stunning Black and White Photographs of Paris by Night in the Early 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteRoaming Paris streets by night in the early 1930s, Brassaï created arresting images of the city’s dramatic nocturnal […]
Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Café Life in Paris in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this site “The last time I saw Paris Her heart was warm and gay I heard the laughter of […]
Images of Princess Diana’s Last Hours Taken by Security Cameras in Ritz Hotel
This post was originally published on this siteRaw footage taken from the CCTV system at the Ritz Hotel in Paris on August 30 and 31, […]
Amazing Vintage Photographs of Paris Cafés From the 1920s and 1930s
This post was originally published on this site In Paris, cafes aren’t just for sipping coffee or killing time; they define Parisian life itself. There […]
Inside the Marbeuf Garage, the Original Citroën Showroom in Paris
This post was originally published on this siteA building to make one gasp at its modernity. The Citroën showroom, Marbeuf in Parisn, built in 1929, […]
Romantic Photographs of Dalida and Alain Delon in the Garden of Their House in Montmartre, 1972
This post was originally published on this siteAlain Delon is one of the most popular actors of his generation. During his career, he also befriended […]
Fishing Boats on the Seine, in Paris
This post was originally published on this siteUntil the early 1960s, there were still fishing boats in the heart of Paris which, along the quays […]
The Studios Biederer and Ostra
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in Moravska-Ostrava, Czechoslovakia in 1887, Jacques Biederer moved to Paris in 1908 and opened a photography studio: […]
Portraits of Jane Avril, the Muse of Toulouse-Lautrec From the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteJane Avril was a French can-can dancer made famous by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec through his paintings. Extremely thin, […]
Explosion in a Parking Garage on Oslo Street in Paris, 1958
This post was originally published on this siteAll kinds of (then new) French cars lying on top of each other like toy cars, after an […]
Willy Michel Photomaton: French Photographer Posed With Famous People in His Photo Booth for 20 Years, ca. 1932-53
This post was originally published on this site“In 8 minutes, 6 different photos for 5 francs.” It was, in Paris in 1928, the advertisement for […]
‘Humanist’: Sabine Weiss’ Gorgeous Photos of Everyday Life From the 1940s to 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteSabine Weiss (1924 – 2021) was a Swiss-French photographer active in the French humanist photography movement, along with […]
Stunning Photos of Paris in the 1930s and Early 1940s Taken By French Photographer Roger Schall
This post was originally published on this siteRoger Schall (1904 – 1995) was a renowned French photographer of the 1930s & 1940s. He began working […]
Vintage Color Photos Capture Street Scenes of Paris in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThese fascinating color photographs capture street scenes of Paris in the 1960s. In 1958, Charles de Gaulle formed […]
Mesmerizing Black and White Pictures of Winter Life in 1950s Paris
This post was originally published on this siteThe City of Light shines year-round, but winter in the French capital is particularly enthralling and magical. As […]
27 Kodachrome Photos Capture Life in France in the Late 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThese Kodachrome slides were taken by M (‘Meredith’) Frank Rush (1924 – 2013) and Renee Carol Rush (1927 […]
Beauty Contest for the Most Beautiful Eyes of Paris, ca. 1930
This post was originally published on this siteVintage photographs show the contestants with cloaked heads at the beauty-contest for the most beautiful eyes of Paris, […]
29 Beautiful Vintage Color Pictures of France in the 1950s Taken By a Tourist
This post was originally published on this siteThese beautiful photographs were taken by Julia Vanderveer Rees during her trip around France in the 1950s. We […]