I love the idea of collating images which give a real flavour of what a place was like at a point in time. All of the photos below were taken in Paris in 1926. They range from Josephine Baker dancing at the Folies-Bergère, to photos of buildings, shop windows, fashions and bridges along with some of the adverts which would have been seen around the city. Paris looks a very different place to now…
Btw, the photo of the Eiffel Tower with the huge CITROEN advert emblazoned down the length of it was from 1925 but I couldn’t leave it out, it’s just too spectacular!
Josephine Baker dancing the Charleston at the Folies-Bergère in 1926 from the revue: La Folie du jour
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Pont Marie on the River Seine, 1926
Shop window showing women’s fashions, Avenue de l’Observatoire, 1926.
The strange and compelling window of a Zoologist complete with skeleton of an ape, Rue de l’école de médicine
Painting of the Eiffel Tower by Robert Delaunay, 1926
Rue Laplace and Rue Valette, Paris 1926
Shop window in Boulevard de Strasbourg showcasing a fascinating array of medical corsetry.
Bon Marche shop window, with 1920s coats
Poster for the show “Mistinguett Moulin Rouge” 1926
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