The turn of the 20th century was a golden era in France. After a series of bruising wars and turmoil within the French Republic, culminating in the Franco-Prussian War which ended in 1871, it embarked on an age of peace, prosperity and progress.
Life of France in the 1900s and 1910s
From the ruins of conflict, the Belle Epoque brought joie de vivre flourish, a boom in art, design, industry, technology, gastronomy, education, travel, entertainment and nightlife.
A set of amazing photos from Archives Photos that shows what life of France looked like in the 1900s and 1910s.
Generations of a French family in a Paris garden, circa 1900
Girl on the steps of the family house with his toy boats, circa 1900
Huelgoat’s river and forest, circa 1900
Shipbuilding yards, Marseille, Le Pharo, circa 1900
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