These beautiful photographs were taken by Julia Vanderveer Rees during her trip around France in the 1950s. We saw Vanderveer Rees and her friends visit Paris, Deauville, Chartres, Marseille, Centre-Loire Valley, Cannes and Mont Saint-Michel.
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Produce Market, Rue Fortia, Marseille, c1953. |
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Produce Market, Rue Fortia, Marseille, c1953. |
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French/Italian Border Region (Ponte San Ludovico), Riviera, c1953. |
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Village in the Jura Mountains, 1953. |
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Rue de Rivoli, Paris, c1953. |
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Banks of the Seine from a Tourist Boat, Paris, c1953. |
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Banks of the Seine from a Tourist Boat, Paris, c1953. |
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Guide on Eiffel Tower, Paris, c1953. |
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Julia Vanderveer Rees and her friend Bonnie, at 9 Rue de l'Échelle, 1st Arrondissement, then the Le Gourmet Sans Chiqué Restaurant, Paris, c1953. |
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9 Rue de l'Échelle, 1st Arrondissement, then the Le Gourmet Sans Chiqué Restaurant, Paris, c1953. |
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On Rue du Mont-Cenis (cnr of rue du Chevalier-de-La-Barre), Paris, c1953. |
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On Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, looking towards Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris, c1953. |
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris, 1958. |
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Mont St Michel, France, 1958. |
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Lacemakers in Traditional Dress outside Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, 1958. |
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Front Portal, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, 1958. |
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Landing Museum, Arromanches les Bains, 1958. |
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Le Planches de Deauville (cnr Place Claude Lelouch), Deauville, 1958. |
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Deauville, 1958. |
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Deauville, 1958. |
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Deauville Casino, and the Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy from Rue de la Mer (cnr Rue Sem), Deauville, 1958. |
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On the Beach, Cannes, 1958. |
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Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes, 1958. |
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Cannes, 1958. |
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Cannes, 1958. |
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Cannes, 1958. |
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St. George Gateway, Vendôme, Loire Valley, 1958. |
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Canal next to Rue Charles VIII, Langeais, Loire Valley, 1958. |
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View from Rue Gambatta of Château de Langeais, Langeais, Loire Valley, 1958. |
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