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Friday Photography Blog No.20 | 204 comments (204 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (none / 1)

Wouldn't they have made those flags ? At the time people still knew how to sew...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:05:54 PM EST
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Re: From "Paris- 100 Years in Color" (4.00 / 3)

Looking at them more closely, I think they're bedsheets painted with red stripes, with another piece of sheet tacked on with blue hatchings! (see bottom right flag).

That said, the Americans did come prepared. They even had banknotes printed and ready to put into circulation under the name of the military territorial authority FDR wanted to take over governing France. The enthusiastic welcome and support the population gave De Gaulle shelved those plans.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 09:02:36 AM EST
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Friday Photography Blog No.20 | 204 comments (204 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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