This wandering in old Paris, offered to today's stroller, takes place from 1880 to the 1950's, often tender, sometimes amusing, sometimes delicate or unusual ; a journey through familiar streets, a detour to Luxembourg Garden basin or the charming Quai aux Fleurs, a trip to the 1900 Universal Exhibition and the 1910 flood for the excesses, a look at the crowd on the Grands Boulevards or the intimacy of a private interior during a music session.... An accumulation of fleeting moments that captures the spirit of the City and its inhabitants and the familiar silhouette of the Eiffel Tower watches, in the collections from the very beginning through the photographs of Henri Roger, father of the Agency's founder.
Man observing the solar eclipse with a telescope on the Eiffel Tower,. Paris, on April 17, 1912
Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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World War II. Wedding on a cycle taxi, at the place de la Madeleine. Paris, December 1941.
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Flower seller. Paris, circa 1910.
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Street peddler making a demonstration with chemicals. Paris, 1909.
Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
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Merry-go-round. France, around 1935.
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Newspaper seller in front of the Stock Exchange (IInd arrondissement). Paris, 1903.
Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
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Travellers taking a suburban train. Paris, 1908.
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Paris under the snow, 1945.
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Policeman. Paris, place de l'Opéra, circa 1910.
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Construction of the Paris Metro (or Metropolitain). Works at the place Saint Michel and rue Danton. Paris (VIth arrondissement), July 1906.
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Swimming in the river Seine, near the Pont-Neuf. Paris (Ist arrondissement), circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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The Halles covered market, in front of the Saint Eustache church. Paris (Ist arrondissement), 1910.
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Woman on horse-back. Paris, Bois de Boulogne, around 1920.
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Military balloon at the Champ de Mars for an experiment of wireless telegraphy. Paris, September, 1904.
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1908 Motor Show. Young woman being explained the functioning of a car. Paris, Grand Palais.
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Children playing marbles in a park. Paris, circa 1930-1935.
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1900 World Fair in Paris. View towards the Metallurgy palace.
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Couple, place de la Concorde. Paris (VIIIth arrondissement), March 1952.
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Fashion at the Longchamp racecourse. Paris, May 17,1914.
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Basket carrier at the Halles. Paris, 1908.
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Café, place de l'Opéra. Paris (IXth arrondissement), 1937-1938.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Goatherd selling the milk of his goats. Paris, 1911.
Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
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World War II. Casting contest for trouts. Louis Perrot, the dean of the contest, famous merchant of fishing equipment, with his grandson. Paris, on July 13, 1941.
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French flag on the Eiffel Tower. Paris, 1951.
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Souvenir shop on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. Paris (VIIth arrondissement).
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East pillar of the Eiffel Tower. Queue for the elevator, Paris.
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The Moulin-Rouge cabaret, boulevard de Clichy. Paris (XVIIIth arrondissement), circa 1925.
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Café terrace. Paris, circa 1925.
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Children going to school. Paris, circa 1930.
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Children and pigeons. Paris, about 1945-1950.
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Cyclist reading the newspaper "Le Vélo". Paris, circa 1900.
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Cleaning street lamps on the place Vendôme. Paris (Ist arrondissement), 1944.
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1900 World Fair in Paris. Promenade gallery on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower.
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Pond of the Tuileries park. Paris (Ist arrondissement), circa 1925.
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Children at the Tuileries Garden. Paris (Ist arrondissement), 1941.
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Two-seater motorcycle at the Champ-de-Mars. Paris, 1922.
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Carnival float with human flowers. Paris, about 1900.
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Bird seller on the bank. Paris, October 1943.
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Gingerbread fair in Paris, about 1890.
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Secondhand booksellers, quai de Conti. Paris (VIth arrondissement), circa 1900.
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Newsstand, near the Gare Saint-Lazare. Paris (VIIIth arrondissement), 1899.
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Demonstration of Brazilian tango. Paris, 1912.
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Wedding. Paris, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, circa 1910.
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Couple in the Tuileries Garden. Paris, 1945.
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Strongman lifting up dumbbells. Paris, about 1925.
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1900 World Fair in Paris. Souvenir shop on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower.
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1889 World Fair in Paris. The Venice glass-making pavilion at the feet of the Eiffel Tower.
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Pumpkin seller at the Halles market. Paris (Ist arrondissement), circa 1910.
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Going down in the sewer. Paris, 1911.
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1889 World's Fair in Paris. The pond of the Eiffel Tower.
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Crowd in front of the Saint-Sulpice church, on the day of Corpus Christi. Paris, on June 19, 1892. Photograph by Henri Roger.
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Start of the new school year. Paris, October 1943.
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Couple. Paris, around 1950.
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Lace seller. Paris, 1907.
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1910 Great Flood of Paris. The Saint-Lazare train station.
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Photographer on the boulevards. Paris, about 1910.
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Crowds watching the Victory parade on the avenue des Champs-Elysées. Paris, July 14, 1919.
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Display of a bookshop (Gibert), boulevard Saint Michel. Paris, circa 1935.
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Bread carrier. Paris, 1908.
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Senate palace and pond of the Luxembourg. Paris, April 1895.
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Elegant woman at the bois de Boulogne. Paris, circa 1910-1912.
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Taxi, place Vendôme. Paris, circa 1930.
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Dressmakers leaving the Paquin couture house, rue de la Paix. Paris (IInd arrondissement), about 1900.
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Greengrocer. Paris, circa 1925.
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Painter in Montmartre. Paris, 1941.
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Music session, on December 25, 1909. Photograph by Ernest Roger.
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Children roller-skating in the Ranelagh park. Paris (XVIth arrondissement). Photograph by Pierre Jahan (1909-2003).
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The platform on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. Paris, about 1900.
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The Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. Paris, circa 1900.
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