Tired of the endless series of black and white photos that were popular in the day, French banker Albert Kahn decided to do something about it. In 1909, he commissioned four photographers to take their cameras all around the world, and using Autochrome Lumière, to document in color what they saw.
One of the cities on the list was Paris, and in 1914, Leon Gimpel, Stephane Passet, Georges Chevalier, and Auguste Leon began their work. Their photos show us that the daily bustle of Paris life was much more colorful than we imagined, with storefronts painted bright red, or walls plastered with colorful photos.
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That's a really very nice photo. I love the colour in the ladies shawl and her flower wagon is so quaint too.
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The old Trocadéro palace, from the previous Exposition Universelle, seen in the background, replaced in 1937. What is interesting, is the byzantine archway around the first floor of Tour Eiffel, never noticed it before!
Port Saint-Denis if anyone was curious. Great area of Paris. Just north of the arch (pictured) is some of the best people watching in the world.
La statue de la Liberte et deriere son dos un potager! Ca c'est du voyage dans le temps!
Rue (street) Sainte Foy and Rue (street) d’Alexandrie, Paris 2nd district, in 1914.
100 years ago doesn't seem like that long ago until you see the clothes they are wearing.
Even the sky in France is different...no wonder the painters like to be there
Paris 16eme, 1er Mai 1920, Boulevard Exelsmans, Station Auteuil.
This is my favorite. You can actually see what color clothes they wore. No cars just a peaceful walk thru scenery.
The hotel is advertising that they have electricity. That's amazing...
look at the old Renault autobuses, ligne E, Madeleine-Bastille. So this must be Place de la Madeleine
This one is from the universal exposition of Paris of 1937. On the left the big building is the Nazi pavillion and on the right the building with a sculpture is the communist pavillion.
This kind of building is very common next to the ring road around Paris. They were built over the ruins of the old walls. This one is probably located at the 132 Boulevard des Maréchaux (it was completed with a simetrical one).
Paris looks gorgeous without cars... Walking by the Seine must have been so peaceful!
Fantastic! It's my Paris. It could be contemporary, Paris never changes; it is my favorite city. Neither time, nor Nazi, nor ISIS can change it, it is one of a kind, it is Paris. Paris I love you!
Paris looks gorgeous without cars... Walking by the Seine must have been so peaceful!
Fantastic! It's my Paris. It could be contemporary, Paris never changes; it is my favorite city. Neither time, nor Nazi, nor ISIS can change it, it is one of a kind, it is Paris. Paris I love you!