Turn of the Century Paris in Color

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1. Chester Allman says:

   January 31, 2013 at 1:01 am

   These are fantastic. And look at the way those horizon blue uniforms pop!

   I was just getting nostalgic today about my study abroad in Paris, long ago though it was. It’s a difficult place in many ways, but it’s especially soaked in that blend of enigma and serendipity that give flavor to the best cities.

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   • rea says:

     January 31, 2013 at 12:42 pm

     And look at the way those horizon blue uniforms pop!

     Not the best garb in which to attack machine gun emplacemnts, though, as they soon found out.

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2. commie atheist says:

   January 31, 2013 at 1:29 am

   Amazing. A great find.

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3. Murc says:

   January 31, 2013 at 2:01 am

   I dunno. Erik After Midnight seems much less entertaining than Scott After Midnight.

   I mean, I don’t even get the sense that you’re drunk and bitter at ALL.

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4. Dave says:

   January 31, 2013 at 5:30 am

   Late to the party? This was all over twitter last week…

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5. Todd says:

   January 31, 2013 at 8:52 am

   The photographs are from 1914, appparently. Here is a link with each picture located and dated.

   http://www.paris1914.com/

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   • Todd says:

     January 31, 2013 at 8:54 am

     Well, not all are dated, and some aren’t from 1914. Otherwise, my original post was flawless.

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6. Kurzleg says:

   January 31, 2013 at 9:20 am

   Very cool. Thanks for sharing since not all of us are Twits(terers).

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7. Joseph Slater says:

   January 31, 2013 at 9:53 am

   Nice, thanks for posting this.

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8. SatanicPanic says:

   January 31, 2013 at 10:11 am

   Woah those are cool

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9. Learned Foot says:

   January 31, 2013 at 11:06 am

   Thanks for sharing these gorgeous pictures. I’m a sucker for old-timey photography AND for Paris. You can really feel the exuberance in that Eiffel Tower pic.

   For others who are into very early color photography, I highly recommend checking out the Library of Congress’s collection of pre-WWI photos of the Russian Empire, taken by Sergei Prudokin-Gorskii. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

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