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"100 Years of Paris in Color" (4.00 / 7)

Last week I posted several photos from this exhibition of photographs. I was trying out my new 50mm lens. So I'll post a few more of the pre 1920 photos for those of you who are not in Paris or who can't get to the Hotel de Ville.
(Excuse the glare on one or two of them.)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 03:30:43 AM EST
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My favorites are the photo of the Pantheon and the street scene just above it.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 03:32:41 AM EST
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The first one should be in the What Is It? section.

There's a wagon, or float, with a banner proclaiming it is the gift of Le Journal, a newspaper.

Men on it are handing stuff out to the crowd pressing round. White and similarly-shaped objects - newspapers being given away?

But what is this huge crowd, and what is the occasion? Do you know, LEP?

These are fascinating photos (as were last week's).

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 03:57:34 AM EST
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I don't know what that is. If linca sees this later he can probably tell us. He was with me at the exhibition and he was reading while I was shooting.
The second photo is, of course, the Seine with the Tour d'Eifel.
The third is a stagecoach barn, I believe, on the left bank.
The fourth is la vie bourgeoise on the Ave. Hoche.
Everyone knows the fifth.
The sixth is a street on the left bank.
The seventh is, of course, the Pantheon.
The eighth, I believe, a French family on the left bank.
And the last, taken in 1920, was probably of soldiers still returning home from the war.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 04:40:41 AM EST
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I don't remember the first picture.

The third one used to be on Rue Montorgueil, and the station for the Creil stagecoach.

The eighth is a family from the 5th arrondissement indeed. Talk about gentrification...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 12:26:02 PM EST
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I have another 16 photos to post from the early 20's to the early 50's. The photos of the Petain era are very interesting. Probably I'll wait for next week to continue this series.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 04:48:09 AM EST
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The exhibition might be worth a separate diary, if linca can provide some commentary.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 04:58:55 AM EST
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I thought about that too. I'll speak to linca. Possibly after the first film blog gets off. I don't know how much time I need for the film blog; I'm testing my analytical and writing competencies with that one.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 05:12:34 AM EST
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We could do that...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 12:26:32 PM EST
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Gorgeous, every one.

Now where are we going and what's with the handbasket?

by budr on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 08:43:39 AM EST
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The Moulin Rouge today, Jan.19,2008, about 95 years after the photo above. (Graininess added by me.)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jan 19th, 2008 at 12:43:34 PM EST
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