Just in time for Bastille Day, fantastic colour photographs of Paris taken in July 1939, not even two months before the outbreak of World War Two. By William Vandivert, for LIFE.
You'll notice the colours have survived better in some than others... without seeing what the actual objects are it's impossible to know, but I suspect some were taken on Kodachrome film (the ones with better colour--Kodachrome lasts better than any other colour film) and the others on a different film (though still a Kodak one-- in just one of the images, you can see text on the right labelling it as Kodak!).
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Advertising posters on the Rue de Courcelles. Source
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Rooftops of the city. Source
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A street in Montmarte. Source
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An outdoor cafe in Place du Tertre. Source
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The Luxembourg Garden (incorrectly captioned as the Tuilieries garden in the LIFE archives-- thanks to a commentor for pointing this out!). Source
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The mandatory Eiffel Tower. Source
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Place de la Concorde. Source
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An outdoor flower market. Source
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Stalls selling prints along the Seine. Source
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The Arc de Triomphe. Source
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The Seine and a building in the Île de la Cité. Source
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An outdoor flea market. Source
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Place Vendome. Source
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Book and print stalls along the Seine. Source
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Bastille Day parade. Happy Bastille Day! Source
2 comments:
Nice pictures ! Always interesting to look at pictures of the past.
But I think, there are some mistakes in the image description. The image "Tuillerie garden" is in fact the "Luxembourg garden", beyond the Senat. The building in "The Seine and the Place du Châtelet" image is located in the "Île de la Cité".
I apologize for my late reply, but thank you so much for the corrections! I've unfortunately never been to Paris (yet!) and I took the captions directly from captions in the LIFE online archive. I'll update it right away!
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