Overview of the exhibition
In 1931, François Kollar began his collaboration with Horizons de France publishing house, for a series of reports on French people at work, in a book to be published under the title "la France Travaille". This investigation, rich of more than 2.000 pictures and which will last nearly 4 years, takes François Kollar all over the country, where he photographs all the sectors of industry and agriculture. "La France Travaille" was published in the form of fascicles starting in 1932 and with great public and critical success.
41509-1 DG
Iron industry. Bolting of a motor cylinder. Mulhouse (France). Société alsacienne de construction [...]
41308-15 DG
Rail transport. Replacement of tracks. Chemins de fer de l'Etat (State Railway). Brou (France), [...]
41451-1 DG
Automobiles. Garage Marbeuf. Paris, 1931-1934. Photograph by François Kollar (1904-1979). Paris, [...]
41334-18 DG
Automobiles. Worker handling sand at the Renault car factory. Boulogne-Billancourt (France), [...]
41309-19 DG
Rail transport. Train bulletin. Chemins de fer de l'Etat (State Railway). Le Mans (France), [...]
41422-3 DG
Automobiles. Testing of engines at the Renault car factory. Boulogne-Billancourt (France), [...]
41309-14 DG
Rail transport. Engine and smoke at the Gare Saint-Lazare train station. Chemins de fer de l'Etat [...]
41295-18 DG
Automobiles. Stub axle and steam hammer with oil-jet Citroën car factory. Clichy (France), [...]
41336-14 DG
Automobiles. Workers putting a bodywork on a chassis at the Citroën car factory. Clichy (France), [...]
41421-20 DG
Renault car industry. Piston assembly. Billancourt (France), 1931-1934. Photograph by François [...]
41308-7 DG
Rail transport. Apprentice at work. Chemins de fer de l'Etat (State Railway). La Garenne-Colombes [...]
34583-14 DG
Rail transport. "Pacific" engine being cleaned. Eauplet viaduct (France), 1931. Photograph by [...]
34574-16 DG
Building industry. Lunch on the construction site. Saint-Denis (France). Sainrapt et Brice company. [...]
41172-4 DG
Miners playing the accordion. Sin-le-Noble (France). 1931-1934. Photograph by François Kollar [...]
47775-13 DG
Miners. Schoolchildren medical examination. Lorraine (France), 1931-1934. Photograph by François [...]
47775-14 DG
Miners. Swimming pool for schoolchildren. Lorraine region (France), 1931-1934. Photograph by [...]
34556-1 DG
Miners. The miner and his children. Waziers (France). Aniche mines company, 1931. Photograph by [...]
41411-16 DG
Weavers and mill owners. Woman with her spinning wheel. Bohain-en-Vermondois (France), 1931-1934. [...]
41459-2 DG
Iron industry. Workers' snack. Company: Etablissements Jacob Holtzer. Unieux (France), 1931-1934. [...]
41324-3 DG
Bargees, ferrymen. Bargees' bar. Unlocated, 1931-1934. Photograph by François Kollar (1904-1979). [...]
41327-11 DG
Bargees, ferrymen. A mechanic's meal. Paris, 1931-1934. Photograph by François Kollar (1904-1979). [...]
41299-1 DG
In the port, aboard. Construction of the "Super Ile-de-France" liner, front view. Company: Société [...]
41299-8 DG
In the port, aboard. The "Champlain" liner : painting of the hull. Penhoët (France), 1931-1934. [...]
41299-7 DG
In the port, aboard. Bolting of the metal frame of the "Super Ile-de-France" liner. Company: [...]
34581-12 DG
Fishermen. Wife of a Breton sardine fisher repairing blue nets. Audierne (France). 1931. Photograph [...]
34559-6 DG
In the port, aboard. "Super Ile-de-France" liner : shearing off with an oxhydrogen torch. Société [...]
34559-9 DG
In the port, aboard. "Champlain" liner : deck scraping. Société des chantiers et ateliers de [...]
34581-16 DG
Fishermen. Canning sardines. Company: Etablissements Jacq. Audierne (France), 1931. Photograph by [...]
34580-14 DG
In the port, aboard. Coal-trimmer. Bordeaux (France), 1931. Photograph by François Kollar [...]
34568-4 DG
Wine growers. Grape-pickers carrying wicker baskets, in the Bourgogne region. Morey-Saint-Denis [...]
34591-11 DG
Wine growers. Grape harvester. Champagne region. Mareuil-sur-Ay (France). Montebello champagne. [...]
41428-3 DG
Wine growers. Grapes in big baskets. Champagne region. Mareuil-sur-Ay (France). Montebello [...]
41427-7 DG
Wine growers. Tasting of wines. Béziers (France), 1931-1934. Photograph by François Kollar [...]
34566-14 DG
Country life. Back from the fields. Touraine region (France), 1931. Photograph by François Kollar [...]
41428-11 DG
Wine growers. Wine taster in the Touraine region. Limeray (France), 1931-1934. Photograph by [...]
41427-18 DG
Wine growers. Wine decanting in the Bordeaux region. Château Haut-Brion (France), 1931. Photograph [...]
34599-14 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Cylinder. Paris. Imprimerie Desfossés-Néogravure, 1931. [...]
41418-10 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Image d'Epinal: printing on stone. Epinal (France). Imagerie [...]
34600-2 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Sorting dusters. Jouy-sur-Morin (France). Papeteries du Marais et [...]
34601-1 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Plate coming out from the casting machine. Paris, [...]
41419-10 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Composition block. The newspaper "L'Intransigeant". Paris, [...]
34600-4 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. The press: printing of an etching. Paris. Imprimerie Paul Haasen. [...]
41457-4 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Rotary press. Newspaper "L'Intransigeant". Paris, 1931-1934. [...]
41457-8 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Photoengraving, retouching. Newspaper "L'Intransigeant". Paris, [...]
41425-20 DG
Sources of energy. Alsthom company : Frame of the motor of a rolling machine. Belfort (France), [...]
34590-14 DG
Sources of energy. Radiotelegraphic reception at the Radio-France company. Paris. 1931. Photograph [...]
41425-7 DG
Sources of energy. Barracks and housings. Le Brézou (France). Société des forces motrices de la [...]
41423-10 DG
Sources of energy. Alsthom company: coils on connections. Saint-Ouen (France), 1931-1934. [...]
41424-2 DG
Sources of energy. Twisting machine. French company Thompson-Houston. Paris, 1931-1934. Photograph [...]
41425-18 DG
Sources of energy. Alsthom company: assembling of Kembs alternators. Belfort (France), 1931-1934. [...]
41423-13 DG
Sources of energy. Alsthom company : construction of a stator. Saint-Ouen (France), 1931-1934. [...]
34590-4 DG
Sources of energy. Neon signs. Paris. 1931. Photograph by François Kollar (1904-1979). Paris, [...]
47775-4 DG
Miners. Hammer drill extraction. Mining company : Société houillère de Sarre et Moselle. Merlebach [...]
41170-15 DG
Miners. To the wash house (conveyor belt). Mining company: Compagnie des Houillères de Montrambert [...]
41171-10 DG
Miners. Charging the lamps. Mining company: Compagnie des Houillères de Montrambert et de la [...]
34579-5 DG
Miners. Leaving the well, inspectors' watch. Compagnie des Houillères de Montrambert et de la [...]
41161-18 DG
Miners. Miner grooming the horses at the bottom of the mine. Company: Société minière de Lens. [...]
41161-13 DG
Miners. Machinist of the lift. Lens (France). Company: Société minière de Lens. 1931-1934. [...]
41171-1 DG
Miners. Sorters. Mining company: Compagnie des Houillères de Montrambert et de la Béraudière. [...]
41170-10 DG
Miners. Automatic boilers. Mining company: Compagnie des Houillères de Montrambert et de la [...]
34574-3 DG
Building industry. Reinforced concrete : assembly of a "sapine" crane. Saint-Denis (France). [...]
41419-13 DG
Miners. A miner taking his lamp. Mining company: Compagnie des Houillères de Montrambert et de la [...]
41161-4 DG
Miners. Workers pushing a handcart. Merlebach et Carling (Moselle). Société houillère de Sarre et [...]
41171-18 DG
Miners. Transport of an injured person. Lens (France). Central first-aid post of the Nord and [...]
41161-10 DG
Miners. Locker room, still-life (clothes). Company: Société minière de Lens. 1931-1934. Lens [...]
41424-4 DG
Sources of energy. Wire, enamelling. French company Thompson-Houston. Paris, 1931-1934. Photograph [...]
41295-14 DG
Iron industry. Hydraulic press. Saint-Etienne (France). Company: Fonderies, forges et aciéries de [...]
41423-5 DG
Sources of energy. Machine room at the hydroelectric power station of Kembs (France). Company: [...]
41423-20 DG
Sources of energy. Covering machine. French company Thompson-Houston. Paris, 1931-1934. Photograph [...]
41425-4 DG
Sources of energy. Dam on the river Bromme (France). Société des forces motrices de la Truyère, [...]
41418-4 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Binding. Gold gilding. Estienne school. Paris (13th [...]
41419-9 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Lithographer. Estienne school. Paris (13th arrondissement), [...]
41417-17 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Reproduction camera. Desfossés-Néogravure printing house. Paris, [...]
41419-3 DG
Paper mills. Publishing industry. Sewing machine. Malakoff (France). Company: Entreprise P. et H. [...]
34599-12 DG
Building industry. Slate roofing. Paris. Ch. Lavillauguet company. 1931. Photograph by François [...]
41427-13 DG
Wine growers. Bottling at the Maison Bouchard. Paris wine market (5th arrondissement), 1931-1934. [...]
34570-10 DG
Foresters and woodcutters. The falling axe. Forest in Tronçais (France). 1931. Photograph by [...]
34566-5 DG
Country life. Farmer carrying hay on his back. Ariège region (France), 1931. Photograph by François [...]
34591-2 DG
Country life. Tractor and harvester. Beauce region (France), 1931. Photograph by François Kollar [...]
41420-5 DG
Fishermen. Cod hanged in a drying shed. Fécamp (France), 1931-1934. Photograph by François Kollar [...]
41302-2 DG
Lighthouses. Lighthouse keepers. Antifer (France), 1931-1934. Photograph by François Kollar [...]
34561-8 DG
Fishermen. First mate at the helm. Saint-Malo (France), 1931. Photograph by François Kollar [...]
41420-12 DG
Lighthouses. Detail of a light at the Lighthouse Museum. Ushant Island (France), 1931-1934. [...]
47775-11 DG
Miners. Miners' children at school in the Lorraine region (France), 1931-1934. Photograph by [...]
34563-2 DG
Automobiles. Trucks leaving. Compagnie Industrielle Maritime. Gennevilliers (France), 1931. [...]
34551-1 DG
Miners. Archery. Sin-le-Noble (France). 1931. Photograph by François Kollar (1904-1979). Paris, [...]
41282-3 DG
Iron industry. Casters in pipes. Company: Société des Hauts Fourneaux et Fonderies de [...]
88152-1 DG
"La France travaille". Wireless. Photograph by François Kollar (1904-1979), published in "Journaux [...]
34558-11 DG
In the port, aboard. La Joliette dock (embarking sacks of goods). Marseille (France). 1931. [...]