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55 Rare Color Photos Of Paris Taken 100 Years Ago
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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.
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These are black / white photos colored in Photoshop. you can actually see the selection path on the store window.
La statue de la Liberte et deriere son dos un potager! Ca c'est du voyage dans le temps!
Man standing in front of window: I like the stores in the foreground, in contrast to upper windows.
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...
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.
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!
Magical!
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!
Magical!