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Pictures of Paris from National Geographic archives

MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Voir plus de vieilles images de Paris, ou l’évolution de Paris du Moyen-Âge au 19e siècle.

Old photos of Paris offer real time travel. These photos, gleaned from the archives of National Geographic magazine, give us a vision of Paris in the 20th century through everyday scenes like fireworks on July 14th 1989, Folies Bergeres preparing before their show or old photographs of streets of Paris. 

Young lovers embrace beside the Arc de Triomphe, 1960

 THOMAS NEBBIA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
THOMAS NEBBIA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

Folies Bergère Backstage, 1952

JUSTIN LOCKE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
JUSTIN LOCKE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Fireworks, 1989

JAMES L. STANFIELD, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
JAMES L. STANFIELD, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Le Moulin Rouge, 1923

JULES GERVAIS COURTELLEMONT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
JULES GERVAIS COURTELLEMONT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Visitors in Sainte-Chapelle, May 1968

BRUCE DALE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
BRUCE DALE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Invalid soldier stands beside a cannon in Paris, 1923

JULES GERVAIS COURTELLEMONT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
JULES GERVAIS COURTELLEMONT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Parisians walk on the street, 1935

MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Regular at Le Louis IX in Paris, “Caramel” keeps a client company, May 1988

JAMES L. STANFIELD, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
JAMES L. STANFIELD, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Man looks out on the Eiffel Tower

CLIFTON R. ADAMS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
CLIFTON R. ADAMS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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Vision of Paris in the 20th century through everyday scenes.

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