45 Fascinating Black and White Photos Capture Street Scenes of Paris in the Early 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteParis is the capital and most populous city of France, in an area of 105 square kilometres (41 […]
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Sandbags Protecting the Notre Dame Cathedral During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteNotre-Dame de Paris (meaning “Our Lady of Paris”), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral […]
May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh Landed in Paris, Completing the World’s First Solo, Nonstop Transatlantic Flight
This post was originally published on this siteOn May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris’ Le Bourget Field at 10:22 p.m. local time, completing […]
Fascinating Color Photos Capture Street Scenes of Paris in the Mid-1960s
This post was originally published on this siteNot unlike its Western “great power” counterparts, 1960s France was a time of economic gains and social upheaval. […]
Fascinating Photos of the Vespa Folklore Congress in 1954
This post was originally published on this siteLIFE photographer Dmitri Kessel capture scenes at the Vespa Folklore Congress held in Paris in 1954, with attendees […]
Vintage Pics of Marilyn Monroe and Her Husband Arthur Miller at the April in Paris Ball, 1957
This post was originally published on this siteEstablished in 1952 at the Waldorf Astoria New York in New York City, April in Paris Ball was […]
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 […]
Vintage Color Photos Capture Scenes at the Paris Motor Show in 1948
This post was originally published on this siteThe Paris Motor Show is a biennial auto show held during October in Paris. It is one of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
38 Amazing Black and White Photographs That Capture Everyday Life of Paris From the 1930s and Early 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteRoger Schall, born in 1904, is a French photographer who deeply influenced the thirties. With the arrival of […]
Incredible Photographs Captured Philippe Petit Walking on a Wire Between the Two Towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in 1971
This post was originally published on this sitePhilippe Petit, a 21-year-old professional tightrope walker, was living in Paris when he decided to execute his first […]
Amazing Footage Captured Street Scenes Outside the Notre-dame Cathedral in 1928
This post was originally published on this siteHere’s the earliest sound footage of Paris showing street traffic outside the Notre-Dame Cathedral on October 21, 1928. […]
A Cathedral That Defined a City: 20 Rare Photographs of Notre Dame From the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteWhen the architects of Cathedral of Notre-Dame set to work some 850 years ago, their goals were nothing […]
Beautiful Paris in the 1950s Through Kees Scherer’s Lens
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1920 in the Amsterdam working-class district called ‘de Jordaan’, Dutch photographer Kees Scherer began working as a […]