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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.

More info: paris1914.com (h/t: petapixel)

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today : https://www.google.fr/maps/@48.8839545,2.3323427,3a,75y,348.55h,101.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ-x1AGT4TSnOretKYRQXeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

La statue de la Liberte et deriere son dos un potager! Ca c'est du voyage dans le temps!

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rue (street) Sainte Foy and Rue (street) d’Alexandrie, Paris 2nd district, in 1914.

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

100 years ago doesn't seem like that long ago until you see the clothes they are wearing.

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even the sky in France is different...no wonder the painters like to be there

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So Nostalgic! Always loved Paris and this makes it so real. Thanks

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is mad but so beautiful by any standard! Never have seen any Christmas decorations like these before, even in 21st century...A real work of art.

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is my favorite. You can actually see what color clothes they wore. No cars just a peaceful walk thru scenery.

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The hotel is advertising that they have electricity. That's amazing...

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would love to have some of these wonderful posters. And why not a few chairs and rugs too.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

look at the old Renault autobuses, ligne E, Madeleine-Bastille. So this must be Place de la Madeleine

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very much Art Nouveau architecture. Those were the days when buildings were made to last and look their best for centuries.

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, the dress of the lady is 1920's about and so are the cars! The cars in the '50s were much different and not opened up like these. The tries were made of inner tube and had an outer tire of rubber with a white ban. They also had hub caps in metal.

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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).

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