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Roger-Viollet | 408617 | Rally of the Popular Front. Delegation of the Universal Congress for Peace. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
3368-2 DG
Rally of the Popular Front. Delegation of the Universal Congress for Peace. Paris, on July 14, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 396924 | Front populaire. De gauche à droite, à la tribune : Madame Blum, Léon Blum (1878-1950), Edouard Daladier (1884-1970), Maurice Thorez (1900-1964), Albert Paulin (1881-1955), Roger Salengro (1890-1936), Pierre Cot (1895-1977). Paris, place de la Bastille, 14 juillet 1936. | © LAPI / Roger-Viollet
100065-4 DG
Front populaire. De gauche à droite, à la tribune : Madame Blum, Léon Blum (1878-1950), Edouard [...]
Roger-Viollet | 373942 | Popular Front. Striking employees occupying the Farman aircraft manufacture, June 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
54455-4 DG
Popular Front. Striking employees occupying the Farman aircraft manufacture, June 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 490701 | Tandem on the embankment, at the Sables d'Olonne (France), 1937. | © Hélène Roger-Viollet & Jean Fischer / Roger-Viollet
883-15 DG
Tandem on the embankment, at the Sables d'Olonne (France), 1937.
 
Roger-Viollet | 987787 | Paid holidays. Jean Fischer (1904-1985) and Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985), French photographers, going on holiday on foot. France, 1936. | © Hélène Roger-Viollet & Jean Fischer / Roger-Viollet
1426-1 DG
Paid holidays. Jean Fischer (1904-1985) and Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985), French photographers, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 325429 | Tandem with a small trailer. Les Sables d'Olonne (France), 1937. | © Hélène Roger-Viollet & Jean Fischer / Roger-Viollet
340-7 DG
Tandem with a small trailer. Les Sables d'Olonne (France), 1937.
 
Roger-Viollet | 371911 | Strike at the Farman aircraft manufactures during the Popular Front. Workers waiting for the results of the negotiations between the representatives and the employers. Boulogne Billancourt (France), May 1936. | © Collection Photo Rap / Roger-Viollet
267-1 DG
Strike at the Farman aircraft manufactures during the Popular Front. Workers waiting for the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 325954 | Front Populaire. Foule du défilé. Paris, 14 juillet 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
87713-24 DG
Front Populaire. Foule du défilé. Paris, 14 juillet 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 304663 | Popular Front. Rally at the Buffalo stadium. Montrouge (France), on June 14, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
10163-12 DG
Popular Front. Rally at the Buffalo stadium. Montrouge (France), on June 14, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 248996 | Léon Blum (1872-1950), French politician, attending a rally at the Communards' Wall. Paris, circa 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
48-12 DG
Léon Blum (1872-1950), French politician, attending a rally at the Communards' Wall. Paris, circa [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 240166 | Popular Front, June 1936. Striking biscuit makers occupying the English factory Huntley and Micrometers at La Courneuve (France). | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
1529-11 DG
Popular Front, June 1936. Striking biscuit makers occupying the English factory Huntley and [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 237911 | Popular Front. Communist rally at the Renault car factory of Boulogne-Billancourt (France), 1936. | © LAPI / Roger-Viollet
1325-2 DG
Popular Front. Communist rally at the Renault car factory of Boulogne-Billancourt (France), 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 189518 | Paid holidays. Couple dancing in a café on the seaside. France, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
1469-10 DG
Paid holidays. Couple dancing in a café on the seaside. France, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 180944 | Popular Front. Rally in the inner courtyard of the Renault car factory. Boulogne-Billancourt (France), on May 28, 1936. | © Collection Boyer / Roger-Viollet
604-7 DG
Popular Front. Rally in the inner courtyard of the Renault car factory. Boulogne-Billancourt [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 163000 | Front Populaire. Jeunes filles des Jeunesses communistes. Paris, 14 juillet 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
87713-6 DG
Front Populaire. Jeunes filles des Jeunesses communistes. Paris, 14 juillet 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 157427 | Popular Front. Bastille Day parade : cleaning ladies, window cleaners... members of the C.G.T. (General Confederation of Labour, French union). Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
4222-6 DG
Popular Front. Bastille Day parade : cleaning ladies, window cleaners... members of the C.G.T. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1077858 | Popular Front. Socialist youth organization demonstrating with a portrait of Léon Blum. Paris, July 14, 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
2466-9 DG
Popular Front. Socialist youth organization demonstrating with a portrait of Léon Blum. Paris, July [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1017151 | The Popular Front, June 1936. Striking workers of a factory in the Parisian suburbs. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
8228-13 DG
The Popular Front, June 1936. Striking workers of a factory in the Parisian suburbs.
 
Roger-Viollet | 995849 | Front Populaire. Char des jeunes filles des Jeunesses communistes. Paris, 14 juillet 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
87713-23 DG
Front Populaire. Char des jeunes filles des Jeunesses communistes. Paris, 14 juillet 1936.
Roger-Viollet | 945049 | Popular Front. Young woman with a phrygian cap. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
54455-7 DG
Popular Front. Young woman with a phrygian cap. Paris, on July 14, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 933320 | Front Popular, June 1936. Striking workers from the construction sites of the International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life, taking place in Paris, 1937. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
509-13 DG
Front Popular, June 1936. Striking workers from the construction sites of the International [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 904021 | Popular Front. Bastille Day parade : crowd near a metro entrance, place de la Nation. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Henri Roger / Roger-Viollet
54458-7 DG
Popular Front. Bastille Day parade : crowd near a metro entrance, place de la Nation. Paris, on [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 896935 | Popular Front. Young united teams. Paris, on June 14, 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
54458-6 DG
Popular Front. Young united teams. Paris, on June 14, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 886359 | Popular Front, 1936. The damaging 40-hour work week. Drawings by Dubosc. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
1451-8 DG
Popular Front, 1936. The damaging 40-hour work week. Drawings by Dubosc.
Roger-Viollet | 886281 | Popular Front, June 1936. Striking employees of the Trois Quartiers department store having lunch. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
2205-10 DG
Popular Front, June 1936. Striking employees of the Trois Quartiers department store having lunch.
 
Roger-Viollet | 829303 | Popular Front. Striking employees of the Galeries Lafayete department store who spent the night in the sports and camping department. Paris, June 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
4231-14 DG
Popular Front. Striking employees of the Galeries Lafayete department store who spent the night in [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 783667 | Popular Front. Young communist. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
4222-5 DG
Popular Front. Young communist. Paris, on July 14, 1936.
Roger-Viollet | 775949 | Popular Front. March for peace by the delegations f the Working-class and Popular Front. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
2466-10 DG
Popular Front. March for peace by the delegations f the Working-class and Popular Front. Paris, on [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 738259 | Popular Front. March of striking employees from the construction sites for the 1937 International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life. Paris, rue de Rivoli, June 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
13586-12 DG
Popular Front. March of striking employees from the construction sites for the 1937 International [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 733234 | Popular Front. Bastille Day parade. Delegation of the newspaper L'Avant-Garde . Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
54458-3 DG
Popular Front. Bastille Day parade. Delegation of the newspaper "L'Avant-Garde". Paris, on July 14, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 697200 | Nurses of the Popular Front taking part in the Bastille Day parade. Paris, on July 14, 1938. | © Hélène Roger-Viollet & Jean Fischer / Roger-Viollet
13565-5 DG
Nurses of the Popular Front taking part in the Bastille Day parade. Paris, on July 14, 1938.
 
Roger-Viollet | 680125 | Popular Front. Bastille Day parade. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
11960-1 DG
Popular Front. Bastille Day parade. Paris, on July 14, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 600828 | Popular Front. Procession of young communists. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
4379-13 DG
Popular Front. Procession of young communists. Paris, on July 14, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 550868 | Committee of the Popular Front at the Bank of France. Paris, 1936. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
3360-10 DG
Committee of the Popular Front at the Bank of France. Paris, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1043943 | Headline of Le Populaire , newspaper of the SFIO (French Section of the Workers' International), about the vote of the 40 hour working week by the Popular Front government, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
1224-6 DG
Headline of "Le Populaire", newspaper of the SFIO (French Section of the Workers' International), [...]
Roger-Viollet | 156395 | Popular Front. Victory on poverty : headline from the daily newspaper Le peuple , on June 8, 1936, after the signing of the Matignon agreements. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
272-4 DG
Popular Front. "Victory on poverty" : headline from the daily newspaper "Le peuple", on June 8, [...]
Roger-Viollet | 463238 | Accords de Matignon. Journal L'Œuvre du 6 juin 1936. Articles annonçant la semaine de 40 heures, les congés payés et la grève générale en France. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
1810-16 DG
Accords de Matignon. Journal "L'Œuvre" du 6 juin 1936. Articles annonçant la semaine de 40 heures, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 512838 | Popular Front. Rally of unions. France, on May 1st, 1937. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
5152-3 DG
Popular Front. Rally of unions. France, on May 1st, 1937.
 
Roger-Viollet | 421896 | Popular Front. Young communists. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
4222-4 DG
Popular Front. Young communists. Paris, on July 14, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 418657 | Rally of the French Popular Front. Banners of the Communist Youth. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
3368-1 DG
Rally of the French Popular Front. Banners of the Communist Youth. Paris, on July 14, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 415516 | Léon Blum (1872-1950), French politician, making a speech during a rally of the Popular Front at the Winter velodrome. Paris, 1939. | © LAPI / Roger-Viollet
1408-10 DG
Léon Blum (1872-1950), French politician, making a speech during a rally of the Popular Front at [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 403631 | Rally of the Popular Front, place de la Nation, after the death of Roger Salengro (1890-1936), French politician. Paris, on November 22, 1936. | © Photo Rap / Roger-Viollet
139-15 DG
Rally of the Popular Front, place de la Nation, after the death of Roger Salengro (1890-1936), [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 391896 | Front Popular, June 1936. Striking workers from the construction sites of the International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life, taking place in Paris in 1937. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
21444-11 DG
Front Popular, June 1936. Striking workers from the construction sites of the International [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 317357 | Popular Front. Section of primary school teachers. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
15371-1 DG
Popular Front. Section of primary school teachers. Paris, on July 14, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 313347 | Cover of the book of annual leave papers delivered in Bayonne (France), 1937. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
1338-11 DG
Cover of the book of annual leave papers delivered in Bayonne (France), 1937.
Roger-Viollet | 284372 | Popular Front. Young communist. Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
4222-1 DG
Popular Front. Young communist. Paris, on July 14, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 193842 | Popular Front. Striking employees of the Citroën car factory. France, 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
54455-2 DG
Popular Front. Striking employees of the Citroën car factory. France, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 154560 | Popular Front. Bastille Day parade : the Caretakers' Union members of the C.G.T. (General Confederation of Workers, French union). Paris, on July 14, 1936. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
3136-8 DG
Popular Front. Bastille Day parade : the Caretakers' Union members of the C.G.T. (General [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 375460 | Bastille Day parade. The VIP stand : Léon Blum returning the cheers of the crowd after his speech. By his sides : Mrs Blum, Roger Salengro, Maurice Viollette and Marcel Cachin. Paris, place de la Bastille, on July 14, 1936. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
603-3 DG
Bastille Day parade. The VIP stand : Léon Blum returning the cheers of the crowd after his speech. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 583417 | Suzanne Lacore, Under-Secretary of State for Child Protection in Léon Blum's government, Paris 1936-1937. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
4245-9 DG
Suzanne Lacore, Under-Secretary of State for Child Protection in Léon Blum's government, Paris [...]