These incredible photographs of early-20th-century Paris were taken between 1907 and 1930 by photographers such as Léon Gimpel, Stéphane Passet, Georges Chevalier, and Auguste Léon. They offer a rare glimpse — in color — at France’s capital before it was occupied during World War II.
The photos were produced using Autochrome, an early technology patented by Louis Lumière in 1903 that used dyed potato starch sandwiched between glass panes. Some of the images were recolored based on their original colors.
Check out these incredible photos below:
(Photos © Albert Kahn Museum)
The photos were produced using Autochrome, an early technology patented by Louis Lumière in 1903 that used dyed potato starch sandwiched between glass panes. Some of the images were recolored based on their original colors.
Check out these incredible photos below:
Paris (II arr.) by Stéphane Passet |
Family, rue du Pot de Fer by Stéphane Passet |
Paris (XVI arr.) by Frédéric Gadmer |
The Eiffel Tower and Trocadero by Leon Auguste |
Viarmes Street by Leon Auguste |
Soldiers reading Porte de Saint-Cloud posters, on the occasion of May 1 by Frédéric Gadmer |
Lhomond Iron Pot by Stéphane Passet |
Statues of Lille and Strasbourg, Place de la Concorde |
Rue Beaubourg, with the left Venice Street and Ovens-Saint-Martin Street by Stéphane Passet |
Corner of the Beaumarchais Boulevard and Rue du Pas-de-la-mule by Stéphane Passet |
Place Jussieu, corner of Linnaeus and Bakers by Stéphane Passet |
Rue du Haut-Pavé at the corner of the Rue de la Bûcherie by Stéphane Passet |
Rue Saint-Honoré, at the corner of the Rue de la Sourdière by Stéphane Passet |
Bièvre Street by Stéphane Passet |
Rue des Martyrs towards Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, with left rue de la Tour d'Auvergne by Stéphane Passet |
Fortifications by Stéphane Passet |
The rue d'Aboukir, view from Cairo instead by Stéphane Passet |
The Faubourg and the Porte Saint-Denis by Stéphane Passet |
The corner of Saint-Jacques, Galande and Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre by Stéphane Passet |
Boulevard Raspail and Rue du Montparnasse seen from Notre-Dame-des-Champs by Stéphane Passet |
25 rue des Bakers Stéphane Passet |
The angle of the Rue du Bac and the Boulevard St-Germain by Stéphane Passet |
The Rue de Seine, at the number 12 by Stéphane Passet |
89 rue de Seine by Stéphane Passet |
Huchette street and rue Xavier Privas by Stéphane Passet |
Paris (Ve arr.) by Stéphane Passet |
A Parisian asleep on the dock Celestine |
Corner of Puget Lepic and Boulevard de Clichy by Georges Chevalier |
Paris (fourth arr.) by Georges Chevalier |
Numbers 8 and 10 rue du Montparnasse by Stéphane Passet |
Paris (Xe arr.) by Leon Auguste |
Orange Market, rue Basfroi by Leon Auguste |
The Grand Cinema Fun at 95 rue de la Roquette by Leon Auguste |
Cinema Pathe Palais des Gobelins Gobelins or by Auguste Léon |
A flower seller in front of 53 rue Cambon by Leon Auguste |
Gardens, quai d'Auteuil (current quai Louis Bleriot), opposite the Pont de Grenelle and the Statue of Liberty by Leon Auguste |
Cannons captured from the Germans exposed Place de la Concorde, Statue of Lille and underwriting office by Leon Auguste |
The Rue de la Paix decorated for the holidays Victory by Augustus Leon |
Receipt of marshals of France in the town hall for celebrations of Victory 13 and 14 July 1919 by Auguste Léon |
The Quai du Louvre (current quai François-Mitterrand) and the Ile de la Cité, opposite the Quai de Conti and the Institute of France by Auguste Léon |
The Austerlitz port by Auguste Léon |
Paris (fourth arr.) by Georges Chevalier |
The Quai d'Orsay at the Gare d'Orsay by Leon Auguste |
Old sign at the corner of Nonnains-d'Hyères street and the Hotel de Ville by Leon Auguste |
Paris (fourth arr.) by Leon Auguste |
Rue du Haut-Pavé on the corner of the right Bûcherie, Great-Degrees left and Frederic Sauton opposite direction of the Pantheon by Auguste Léon |
Parade of foreign delegations on the deck of Double for the funeral of Marshal Foch view taken towards the quai de Montebello by Stéphane Passet |
Demolition of the fortifications and reconstruction of buildings (HBM), Porte d'Orléans by Stéphane Passet |
Rue de Rivoli along the town hall by Georges Chevalier |
Rue de Rivoli along the Town Hall |
Statues of Lille and Strasbourg, Place de la Concorde |
(Photos © Albert Kahn Museum)
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