27 Kodachrome Photos Capture Life in France in the Late 1950s

These Kodachrome slides were taken by M ('Meredith') Frank Rush (1924 - 2013) and Renee Carol Rush (1927 - 2016) during their trip to France in 1958. That same year they also visited England, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy and the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels.

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On Boulevard Saint-Germain looking toward Le Rouquet on the opposite corner (situated at 188 Boulevard Saint-Germain), Paris.

Children playing, Paris.

Supermag Clothing Store, 50 Rue de Rennes, Paris.

Toy-shop window, Paris.

Bust of Auguste Comte and Chapel of the Sorbonne, Place de la Sorbonne, Paris.

View from the Pont des Arts of the Ile de la Cite and Pont Nuef, Paris.

Flea Market (marché aux puces), Porte de Clignancourt, Paris.

Flea Market (marché aux puces), Porte de Clignancourt, Paris.

Flea Market (marché aux puces), Porte de Clignancourt, Paris.

View from Prom. Maurice Carême of the Face of the Southern Transept of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

Woman & dog near Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

View from North Western Tower of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

Inside Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

View from under the Petit Pont of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

View from under the Petit Pont of Pont Saint-Michel, Paris.

The Petit Pont, Paris.

Le Havre.

Latona Fountain, Gardens at the Palace of Versailles.

Hameau de la Reine, Versailles.

Le Versailles apartment block to the left and Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen to the right, Promenade Des Anglais, Nice.

Quai Entrecasteaux (near the Yacht Club), Port Lympia, Nice.

Fishing-net repairs on the quay at Port de la Santé, Villefranche Sur Mer.

The Old Town, Villefranche Sur Mer.

Dinner outside the Hotel Welcome, Villefranche Sur Mer.

Dinner outside the Hotel Welcome, Villefranche Sur Mer.

Northerly view from outside Hotel Welcome, Villefranche Sur Mer.

Eze.