A whole treasure-trove of color images from Paris just after the turn of the century, courtesy of the Lumière borthers...
http://curiouseggs.com/extremely-rare-color-photography-of-early-1900s-paris/
Some of these are really extraordinary.
Color photos of Paris in the early 1900s
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Those are stunning! Thank you, mr_go.
(and don't you just love that their surname was Lumière?)
merci beaucoups monsieur - incroyable!
Lovely. Thanks for sharing.
Those are beautiful. I could look at the details in them for hours. Thank you.
Those are stunning. Thanks for the link.
Thanks you . I saw a few of these earlier in black and white on a blog, but these are special.
smooch!
More info about the photos including some "then" and "now" comparisons (click on the "then" photo).
http://www.paris1914.com/#!/
Wow!
Oh my god these are beautiful. Has anyone ever gone to the Albert Kahn Museum in Paris where these are from? Are they on exhibit?
-skatterfly
Formidable!
Rich, alluring, historic - Merci!
Wonderful -- thanks for posting them