68 Humorous Street Photos From 1950s France By René Maltête

Perfect example of 'gene' matching. :D

That's awesome.

Took me a second to realize that was a mirror

Has this man never SEEN a cartoon?! You don't do that!

third wheel detected

The statue got cold...

If he is waiting for the other guy to make his move, that will be quite awhile. Stalemate.

What happens when it poops?

"I always wanted to be an astronaut"

Even dragons get sick of centuries watching people from above

For those who don't speak french : "7 deadly sins"

For those who don't speak French : "You are the majority"

Being a conjoined twin is hard enough when you're both the same sex!!

Oh god... NIGHTMARES FOR DAYS

Missionary position?

This one is really cool

Danger? DANGER?! I show you what I think of danger!

An omen.

Fake picture, WTC wasn't there in the 50s!

"Beware of the dog" :)

poor windmill... obvious discrimination

Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum?

~Lovebirds~<3

Take a picture first, help later. Nothing's changed the last few years..

Wait, what?

Amazing photograph!

That one girl is thinking twice about skiing after seeing that guy.

That is what Melons are for...

En garde

One more step and I shoot !

I don't think you'll get that ball back...

Early lessons about shrinkage....

I live in Paris and I think this one is my street xD... they are still working on that road >_< Endless works everywhere :) yeah... T_T

The arm of the inventor of car blinking lights...

"Your experience may differ"

Those pant legs are going to be dirty now.

"Finish line" :)

I was like aw ew aw

Nature's modesty to the rescue.

Just dumping a few holes. Nothing to see here.

"Prison" and "Open" : )

Everything needs support....Even the building

picture from Bretagne? (=brittany). Guessing from the lady's traditional hat..?

The first poster promotes a fair for young people and families. But the boys seem to have grown up :)

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" xD

At least she's not tossing out the chamberpot contents!

There goes another Christ Impersonator.

For those who don't speak French : the text was initially "Cordonnerie" (a shoe repair shop) but the blanket hides the "RDO" and we now read "Connerie" (a screw-up)

Oh c**p !!!

Take the fork..

Nobody leaves its handbag alone like this anymore in Paris :( ... I want to return to the past

Now there's a good safe place to hang wet laundry!

you know, those same shoes are in style now

The first hybrid.

This is a self-portrait of Rene Maltet, author of all these photos. Here in old age rene-58df9...5d2608.jpg

I think he's down there for the view

For those who don't speak French : "Great fire in..."

The guy shoveling cement looks like Robert Lepage: LEPAGE_Rob...reault.jpg

Look at those gaps in the brickwork on the road. A woman in heels could NEVER walk on that.

Looks like Alfred Hitchcock.....

maybe it has a hole in it, to block out any other light ?

Wait! You mean Handel's "Water Music" isn't played IN the water at all???