In 1914, Leon Gimpel, Stephane Passet, Georges Chevalier and Auguste Leon started working on the project called “The Archives of the Planet”.
They went around the world and took pictures of what they saw using the photography technique called “Autochrome Lumière”.
Below you can admire the classical look of Paris:
rue Cambon
Place de la République
Madeleine
Avenue Hoche
Avenue Hoche
quai de la Corse – rue Xavier Priva
Carreau des Halles
merchants
rue Rambuteau
Place de la République
rue Basfroi
Also View: A Window to The World: Paris in the year 1890
Quai des Célestins
Porte de Saint-Cloud
Exelmans
The one-legged veteran dressed in uniform
pont au Double – Foch – Quai de Montebello
The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower, Night
The Grand Palais
The Grand Palais – Paris Air Show, 1909-9-30
Les Invalides
Airship
la Samaritaine
Cinéma des Nouveautés-Aubert Palace – Grands Boulevards
pont de Grenelle
Île Saint-Louis
Le port d’Austerlitz
Seine River
Notre Dame
Also View: The classical color of Paris in the year 1910
Source: huffingtonpost
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