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January 16, 2013

Summer Before the War: 16 Wonderful Color Photographs of Paris in July 1939

These wonderful photos, taken by LIFE photographer William Vandivert, will transport you to beautiful pre-war Paris.

In July 1939, Paris was just as it should be during the height of summer; the avenues inviting you to get lost in them and the night seeming as if it may never come. Eleven months later, more than 2 million Parisians had fled the city, a large swastika hung from the Arc de Triomphe and Hitler himself took a tour of the city...

















(Photos by: William Vandivert)



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