Paris Collection (#87)

Rose Bertin Modiste
ROSE BERTIN The Paris modiste whose costumes for Marie-Antoinette caused her to be termed ministre de la Mode (minister of fashion) Date: flourished 1780

A Paris Salon De The
The Paris Salon de The is a place where women can eat out on their own, so they have become fashionable and popular. This is in the Printemps department store. Date: 1910

French News Stand 1791
A somewhat idealised depiction of a Paris news stand during the French Revolution Date: 1791

British Defeat De Grasse
The Comte de Grasse surrenders his sword to Sir Samuel Hood on board the Ville de Paris Date: 12 April 1782

Police Strike 1944
When the Germans plan to disarm them, the Paris police are ordered to go on strike; those who don t will be treated as traitors and collaborators Date: 15 August 1944

Mlle Musidora
MLLE MUSIDORA Music hall artiste at the Folies-Bergere, Paris Date: 1914

Paris / Pl. Concorde 1938
A view toward the Place de la Concorde. Date: 1938

Le Lido, Paris 1929
Fashionable men and women swim and sit at the edge of the water, at le Lido, Paris. Date: 1929

Horsemeat Butcher, Paris
La boucherie chevaline: French horse butcher, with red striped awning Date: 1930

Cartoon, Blackout regulations, WW1
Cartoon, Blackout regulations -- Keep your curtains drawn to avoid air raid warnings! Showing a young girl drawing the curtains at night so that enemy aircraft do not see any light from her home

Cartoon, Parisian air raid shelter, WW1
Cartoon showing Parisian women in an air raid shelter during the First World War. Date: 1918

Roux, Photo
PIERRE-PAUL-EMILE ROUX French medical, director of the Institut Pasteur, Paris Date: 1853 - 1933

Noblewoman 1390
A French noblewoman holds up her skirts as she walks through the muddy streets of Paris Date: circa 1390

Marigny Theatre Paris
The Paris theatre which was built in 1850 and seats just over 1000 people. Date: 1907

Advert / Cloud Projection
Projection onto clouds, Paris Date: 1894

Kaiser as Excursionist 1914
The Excursionist, Tripper Wilhelm: " First Class to Paris." Clerk: " Line Blocked." Wilhelm: " I must go somewhere - I promised!" Date: 1914

Cartoon, Taking advantage of the dark, WW1
Cartoon, Taking advantage of the dark -- a Zeppelin airship creeps over Paris at night with deadly intent. Date: 1916

Invalides Pensioner 1850
Pensioner of Les Invalides, Paris, holding a newspaper Date: 1850

Mademoiselle Chenal
Mlle CHENAL French opera singer in Don Giovanni at the Opera Comique, Paris Date: early 20th century

Reims Cathedral, Paris
Cathedral of Notre Dame

Paris / Place Vendome 1860
Place Vendome with its central column Date: circa 1860

Paris / Musee Cluny 1909
Musee Cluny: the courtyard Date: 1909

Paris / Bois De Boulogne
Boulevard du Bois de Boulogne, 11.30 am on a Sunday in May Date: 1908

Bibliotheque Nationale
BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE, Paris Behind the scenes - the magasin central where the books are stacked : there are more books in the basement. Date: 1893

Louis Pasteur / Iln 1884
LOUIS PASTEUR French chemist and microbiologist checking animals in his laboratory at the Ecole Normale, Paris Date: 1822 - 1895

Wwi / Air Raid on Paris
L HEURE DU TAUBE French civilians in the Jardins du Luxembourg watch the skies for German air raiders in the dreaded Taube monoplane Date: 1916

Paris / Institut 1877
view across the Seine showing the Palais de l Institut and the Hotel des Monnaies Date: 1877

William Alexander Anthony Archibald 11TH DUKE OF HAMILTON
William Alexander Anthony Archibald, 11th duke of HAMILTON, lord lieutenant of Lanarkshire, died in Paris, and seemingly has no other claim on our attention Date: 1811 - 1863

Building Paris Metro
Building the Metro : sinking the central caisson beneath the Seine Date: 1908

Metro Station
A train arrives at the overground Metro station at the Place de la Bastille Date: 1912

Jean Bussy-Leclerc
JEAN BUSSY-LECLERC French governor of the Bastille prison, Paris Date: flourished 1589

Audience Arrives / L opera
The audience arrives at the Opera, Paris, France. Date: circa 1912

Advert for Frank Havilands tableware 1912
Tasteful advertisement for Frank Havilands shop, Paris, where you can purchase tableware, things for making coffee and tea, and toilet articles 1912

Chef and Students
The chef of a fashionable Paris cercle (club) permits ladies of high society to watch him at work Date: 1912

Nijinsky in Carnaval
With Tamara Karsavina in Schumanns Carnaval, presented at the Paris Opera Date: 1912

Lanfranc (Medical)
LANFRANC Italian physician at Paris during the 13th century Date: ? - 1300

Exterior of Grand Depot 1906
The GRAND DEPOT in the rue Drouot, Paris, the worlds biggest shop for tableware, glassware and suchlike Date: 1906

F Poulbot / Montmartre
FRANCISQUE POULBOT French artists home in Montmartre, Paris Date: 1879 - 1946

Butchers Queue
Women of Paris form an orderly queue outside a butchers shop. Date: December 1870

Maury / Jean-S / Lassalle
JEAN-SIFFREIN MAURY French priest, member of Estates-General (1789), created cardinal (1794), Archbishop of Paris (1810-14) Date: 1746 - 1817

Canine. Feline Butcher
An unusual butchers stall in the Marche Saint-Germain - dog-meat and cat-meat offered for sale... Date: jan-Feb 1871

Uhlan in Paris
A Prussian Uhlan contemplates the Arc de Triomphe : though the Parisians feel humiliated, the Prussians remain in the city for only three days Date: 1-3 March 1871

Gaping at a Prussian
An object of great curiosity, Champs Elysees Date: 1-3 March 1871

Marguerite Templey
MARGUERITE TEMPLEY French actress of the Palais- Royal Theatre, one of the prettiest women in Paris Date: 1919

Zola / Train Footplate / Ils
EMILE ZOLA On a locomotive footplate between Paris and Mantes while researching for his novel La Bete Humaine Date: 1840 - 1902

Cartoon, Women watching searchlights, WW1
Cartoon, Women watching searchlights. Two Parisian ladies watch the searchlights over Montmartre. Date: 1916

Leaving Paris 1914
Following the outbreak of war and the French Governments move to Bordeaux, many people leave Paris, including those seen here leaving for England by train from the Gare du Nord 1914

G Clemenceau / Raffaelli
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU French statesman at a public meeting at the Cirque Fernando in Paris in 1885 Date: 1841 - 1929

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