France is a transcontinental country spanning Western Europe and overseas regions and territories in South America and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Including all of its territories, France has twelve time zones, the most of any country. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea toContinue reading “27 Amazing Photos Showing Life in France during the 1930s”
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60 Amazing Photographs Showing Women’s Street Style from La Belle Époque Between 1910-1914
The French called the era from 1895 to 1914 La Belle Époque. It was an epoch of beautiful clothes and the peak of luxury living for a select few – the very rich and the very privileged through birth. In retrospect we can see it is an era very separate from the 20th century despiteContinue reading “60 Amazing Photographs Showing Women’s Street Style from La Belle Époque Between 1910-1914”
25 Amazing Photos of Lee Miller Taken by Man Ray in Paris From 1929 to 1932
Just two weeks after her 22nd birthday in 1929, Lee Miller was leaving New York at the height of her fame as a model. A regular on the cover of Vogue, she was, by common consent, one of the most striking women of the age. A favourite subject of the great photographers Edward Steichen andContinue reading “25 Amazing Photos of Lee Miller Taken by Man Ray in Paris From 1929 to 1932”
Amazing Portraits of Louis Coulon and His 11-Foot Beard As a Nest for His Cats
Born on February 26, 1826 in Vandenesse (Niève), Louis Coulon was a “cast iron moulder” at the Forey factory in Montluçon. Apparently, he was already shaving by age 12 but could not maintain the sharpness of his razor blade from its frequent use. In fact, his beard was growing so fast that by age 14,Continue reading “Amazing Portraits of Louis Coulon and His 11-Foot Beard As a Nest for His Cats”
15 Amazing Vintage Photos of Veterans of the Napoleonic Wars, 1858
These remarkable photographs provide probably the only surviving images of veterans of the Grande Armée and the Guard actually wearing their original uniforms and insignia, although some of the uniforms have obviously been recut by tailors of the 1850’s. All the men — at this time in their 70s and 80s — are wearing theContinue reading “15 Amazing Vintage Photos of Veterans of the Napoleonic Wars, 1858”
26 Beautiful Vintage Photos Showing Parisian Women’s Fashion From the 1900s
In 1900 skirts were still that long that they were brushing the floor (and with a train), including day dresses. The fashion houses in Paris presented a new silhouette with thicker waist, flatter bust and narrower hips. By the end of the decade, most fashionable skirts still brushed the floor, but approached the ankle. InContinue reading “26 Beautiful Vintage Photos Showing Parisian Women’s Fashion From the 1900s”
50 Amazing Photos of Paris in the Late 1940s and 1950s
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,175,601 residents as of 2018, in an area of more than 105 square kilometres (41 square miles). Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe’s major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, science, and arts. The CityContinue reading “50 Amazing Photos of Paris in the Late 1940s and 1950s”
44 Amazing Color Photographs of Paris in the Early 1940s
The Military Administration in France was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II. It remained in existence from May 1940 to December 1944. As a result of the defeat of France and its Allies in the Battle of France, the French cabinet sought a cessation of hostilities. These photographs wereContinue reading “44 Amazing Color Photographs of Paris in the Early 1940s”
40 Remarkable Photographs Capturing Everyday Life Along the Banks of the Seine River, Paris in 1941
“For Parisians the Seine is a compass, a way to know where you are,” said art historian Marina Ferretti.France had a relatively easier time under German occupation during World War II. That is because Hitler did not consider West Europeans as ‘Untermenschen’. The infamous German brutality was reserved for the Russians. These images were takenContinue reading “40 Remarkable Photographs Capturing Everyday Life Along the Banks of the Seine River, Paris in 1941”
20 Amazing Photos Showing the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris During the 1800s
Notre-Dame de Paris, referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral was consecrated to the Virgin Mary and considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Its pioneering use of the rib vault and flyingContinue reading “20 Amazing Photos Showing the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris During the 1800s”
