The surge of economic growth that lasted from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s brought extensive changes in French lifestyles and in some of society’s basic structures. As the century neared its end, most French people had come to enjoy greater comfort and security than their forebears; they took for granted automobiles, modern household appliances, and vacation homes in the country, which had been regarded as luxuries not too long before.
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| Street scenes of France in the 1950s |
The French had been converted to installment buying and supermarket shopping; they spent less on food and drink and more on health and leisure. Thanks to the social security system that was expanded after World War II, they were better protected against the hazards of illness, unemployment, and a neglected old age.
These wonderful color photos were taken by
gbfernie5 that show street scenes of France in the 1950s.
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| Azay-le-Rideau. Religious procession, Rue Balzac, France, early 1950s |
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| Arromanches les Bains. Landing Museum, 1958 |
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| Arromanches les Bains. Landing Museum, 1958 |
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| Arromanches les Bains. Landing Museum, 1958 |
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| Cannes. Boulevard de la Croisette, 1958 |
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| Cannes. Boulevard de la Croisette, 1958 |
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| Cannes. On the beach, 1958 |
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| Cannes. Outside Hotel L'Amiraute, Place de la Gare, 1955 |
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| Cannes. Possibly taken near the Plage Royale. The buildings in the background may have been demolished, 1958 |
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| Cannes. View from Jette Albert Edouard, 1956 |
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| Cannes. View from Jette Albert Edouard, 1956 |
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| Cannes. View from Jette Albert Edouard, 1956 |
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| Cannes. View of the USS Intrepid in the Golfe de la Napoule from Boulevard de la Croisette, 1956 |
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| Chartres. Chartres Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), 1956 |
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| Chartres. Chateau de Maintenon, 1958 |
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| Chartres. Chatres Cathedral, 1958 |
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| Chartres. Front portal, Chartres Cathedral, 1958 |
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| Chartres. Lacemakers in traditional dresses outside Chartres Cathedral, 1958 |
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| Chartres. View from the tower, Chartres Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), 1956 |
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| Deauville Casino (the white building to the right), and the Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy (the brown building on the left) from Rue de la Mer (cnr Rue Sem), 1958 |
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| Deauville, France, 1958 |
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| Deauville, France, 1958 |
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| Deauville. Le Planches de Deauville (cnr Place Claude Lelouch), 1958 |
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| Deauville. Le Planches de Deauville (cnr Place Claude Lelouch), 1958 |
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| Deauville. Le Planches de Deauville (cnr Place Claude Lelouch), 1958 |
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| Fontainebleau. Chateau Fontainebleau, circa 1953 |
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| Fontainebleau. Chateau Fontainebleau, circa 1953 |
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| Loire Valley. Château Azay le Rideau, 1950s |
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| Loire Valley. Château d'Amboise, 1950s |
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| Loire Valley. Château de Blois, 1950s |
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| Loire Valley. Le Château de Valensay, 1950s |
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| Loire Valley. View from Rue Gambatta of Château de Langeais, Langeais, 1958 |
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| Loire Valley. View of the Spire of St Peters Church and the Cessart Bridge from Château de Saumur, 1958 |
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| Looking towards the Cathedral, Gros Horloge (Big Clock) Street, France, 1956 |
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| Marseille. Produce market, Rue Fortia, 1953 |
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| Marseille. Produce market, Rue Fortia, 1953 |
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| Mont St Michel, France, 1958 |
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| Nice. At the beach, 1955 |
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| Nice. At the beach, 1955 |
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| Nice. Le Negresco and the garden wall of Villa Massena, 1956 |
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| Nice. Promenade de Angais, and Le Negresco, 1956 |
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| Nice. Sunbathers in bikinis, 1955 |
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| Nice. View from around 142-154 Boulevard Carnot, Mont Boron of Port Lympia, 1956 |
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| On Gros Horloge (Big Clock) Street, France, 1956 |
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| Orléans. Orléans Cathedral (Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans) from Rue Jeanne d'Arc, 1956 |
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| Paris. 9 Rue de l'Échelle, 1st Arrondissement, then the Le Gourmet Sans Chiqué Restaurant, now the Metal Flaque Bridal Shop, 1953 |
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| Paris. Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, 1950s |
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| Paris. Arc de Triomphe, 1950s |
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| Paris. Eiffel Tower and the Golden Statues of Palais Chaillot, 1950s |
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| Paris. L'Arc de Triomphe at night, 1956 |
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| Paris. L'église de la Madeleine, August 1955 |
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| Paris. L'Hôtel national des Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids), 1956 |
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| Paris. Moulin Rouge at night, 1956 |
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| Paris. Notre Dame de Paris, 1956 |
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| Paris. Notre-Dame de Paris, 1950s |
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| Paris. On Avenue du General Lemonnier looking towards the Pavillon de Marsan, Louvre, 1956 |
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| Paris. On Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, looking towards Sacré-Cœur Basilica, 1953 |
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| Paris. On Rue du Mont-Cenis (cnr of rue du Chevalier-de-La-Barre), 1953 |
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| Paris. On the Avenue des Champs-Elysees looking toward the Arc de Triomphe, 1950s |
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| Paris. Palais Garnier (Home of the Paris Opera), 1956 |
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| Paris. Palais Garnier (Home of the Paris Opera), 1956 |
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| Paris. Pavillon Sully, Palais du Louvre, 1956 |
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| Paris. Petit Palais, 1956 |
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| Paris. Petit Palais, 1956 |
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| Paris. Pissoir, August 1955 |
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| Paris. Rue de Rivoli, 1950s |
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| Paris. The Obelisk from the Tuileries Garden, 1950s |
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| Paris. The Panthéon, 1956 |
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| Paris. View from Avenue de Tourville of the Monument to Marshal Gallieni & the Palaise Les Invalides, 1950s |
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| Paris. View from the Cour Carrée, Louvre, 1956 |
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| Paris. View from the Eiffel tower towards Arc de Triomph, 1953 |
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| Paris. View from the Eiffel Tower, 1956 |
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| Paris. View from the Eiffel Tower, 1956 |
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| Paris. View from the southern bank of the River Seine of the Notre Dame de Paris, 1956 |
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| Paris. View from the southern bank of the River Seine of the Notre Dame de Paris, 1956 |
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| Paris. View towards the Eiffel Tower from the Arc de Triomphe (the soldier is Canadian), 1953 |
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| Reims. Chimney Flues, Rue Robert de Coucy, near the Reims Cathedral, 1956 |
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| Rouen. Crossing Tower of the Church of St. Ouen, 1956 |
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| Street scene, 97 Gros Horloge (Big Clock) Street, France, 1956 |
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| Village in the Jura Mountains, France, 1953 |
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