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Excelsior

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In 1910, Pierre Lafitte founded the Excelsior newspaper with a staff of photographers in order to cover political, sporting and cultural events in France. It became the first daily newspaper illustrated with photographs, publishing around 30 images a day. Roland Dorgelès and Guillaume Apollinaire published their first texts among these pages. Sold in 1915 to Jean Dupuy, whose family owned « Le Miroir » and « Le Petit Parisien », the daily newspaper printed 100,000 copies. During the 1920s, a Sunday supplement was launched under the name « Excelsior Dimanche illustré ». Albert Londres and Georges Simenon became regular contributors. In 1939, Excelsior printed 132,000 copies a day, with the last issue appearing in June 1940.

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Roger-Viollet | 1439031 | Affiche de Daniel de Losques (1880-1915) pour le quotidien Excelsior vers 1910. | © Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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Affiche de Daniel de Losques (1880-1915) pour le quotidien Excelsior vers 1910.
Roger-Viollet | 1297827 | A man working for the Excelsior newspaper photographing the solar eclipse. Friday 8 April 1921. Photograph from the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
201012-15 DG
A man working for the "Excelsior" newspaper photographing the solar eclipse. Friday 8 April 1921. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 688400 | World War I. General mobilization in France on August 1st, 1914. Officer carried by the crowd at the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris. Photograph published in the newspaper Excelsior on Sunday, August 2nd, 1914. | © Caudrilliers / Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
61276-17 DG
World War I. General mobilization in France on August 1st, 1914. Officer carried by the crowd at [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1430023 | Journalists (T.S.F.) preparing for the arrival of Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, who has just completed the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris, on May 20 and 21, 1927. Le Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis), May 21, 1927. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Journalists (T.S.F.) preparing for the arrival of Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) aboard the Spirit [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1297903 | The grandstands at the the cycling track race of the Six Days of Paris at the Vélodrome d'Hiver (from March 29th to April 3rd 1921). Sunday 3 April 1921. Photograph from the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
201012-27 DG
The grandstands at the the cycling track race of the Six Days of Paris at the Vélodrome d'Hiver [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1429538 | Snow on avenue des Champs-Elysées. Paris (8th Arr.), February 28, 1924. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1429538 DG
Snow on avenue des Champs-Elysées. Paris (8th Arr.), February 28, 1924. Photograph from the [...]
Roger-Viollet | 872547 | Présentation d'une nouvelle locomotive de 123 tonnes à la Gare du Nord. Paris (10e arr.), 5 mai 1940. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
80034-15 DG
Présentation d'une nouvelle locomotive de 123 tonnes à la Gare du Nord. Paris (10e arr.), 5 mai [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1283854 | Rail strike : crowded suburban train. Photograph from the collections of the French newspaper Excelsior , published on May 4, 1920. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
190502-9 DG
Rail strike : crowded suburban train. Photograph from the collections of the French newspaper [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1283862 | Rail strike : crowded suburban train. Photograph from the collections of the French newspaper Excelsior , published on May 4, 1920. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
190502-11 DG
Rail strike : crowded suburban train. Photograph from the collections of the French newspaper [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1034356 | Inauguration of the Paris-Bordeaux line by the S.N.C.F (Société nationale des chemins de fer français), French railway company, on May 24, 1939. Photograph from the collections of the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
81315-16 DG
Inauguration of the Paris-Bordeaux line by the S.N.C.F (Société nationale des chemins de fer [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1429612 | Fifth refurbishment of the Eiffel Tower on the Champ-de-Mars (painting) . Paris (VIIème arr.), July 8, 1924. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1429612 DG
Fifth refurbishment of the Eiffel Tower on the Champ-de-Mars (painting) . Paris (VIIème arr.), July [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1278937 | Seine floods in Paris and surroundings. Evacuation of the inhabitants from the flooded district of the rue Pinet. Saint-Maur (France), on January 2nd, 1920. Photograph from the collections of the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
190336-18 DG
Seine floods in Paris and surroundings. Evacuation of the inhabitants from the flooded district of [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1278927 | Seine floods in Paris and surroundings. View of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral from the quai de la Tournelle. Paris, on December 31, 1919. Photograph from the collections of the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
190335-16 DG
Seine floods in Paris and surroundings. View of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral from the quai de [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 167255 | Les photographes concurrents remplissant les feuilles d'expédition et rédigeant les légendes, lors du championnat des reporters photographes, à Montmartre. Paris (18e arr.), 31 mai 1939. Photographie du journal Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
80582-17 DG
Les photographes concurrents remplissant les feuilles d'expédition et rédigeant les légendes, lors [...]
Roger-Viollet | 982374 | Photographers running during the reporters and photographers championship in Montmartres. Paris (18th arrondissement), on May 9, 1939. Photograph from the collections of the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
81319-2 DG
Photographers running during the reporters and photographers championship in Montmartres. Paris [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1429603 | Baker's strike in the Parc de Bagatelle, Bois de Boulogne. Paris (16th Arr.), June 28, 1924. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1429603 DG
Baker's strike in the Parc de Bagatelle, Bois de Boulogne. Paris (16th Arr.), June 28, 1924. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1278838 | Josephine Baker (1906-1975), American variety artist, in her dressing room, on October 29, 1937. Photograph from the collections of the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
190332-25 DG
Josephine Baker (1906-1975), American variety artist, in her dressing room, on October 29, 1937. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1297860 | The solar eclipe watched through frosted glass of a device of the Meudon observatory (Seine-et-Oise, France). Friday 8 April 1921. Photograph from the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
201012-16 DG
The solar eclipe watched through frosted glass of a device of the Meudon observatory [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1429489 | Barrel race. Paris, 1923. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1429489 DG
Barrel race. Paris, 1923. Photograph from the "Excelsior" newspaper.
Roger-Viollet | 454264 | World War One. Camera for a captive balloon. France, early March 1915. | © Piston / Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
70201-2 DG
World War One. Camera for a captive balloon. France, early March 1915.
Roger-Viollet | 1431118 | The Aero Club prize. Departure from the Parc de Saint-Cloud to the South of France. Saint-Cloud (Hauts-de-Seine), April 16, 1927. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1431118 DG
The Aero Club prize. Departure from the Parc de Saint-Cloud to the South of France. Saint-Cloud [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1431136 | May 1st 1927 demonstration. Communist rally at Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (Seine-Saint-Denis), May 1, 1927. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1431136 DG
May 1st 1927 demonstration. Communist rally at Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (Seine-Saint-Denis), May 1, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1430513 | La Foire Saint-Germain place Saint-Sulpice. Paris (6e arr.), 6 mai 1927. Photographie du journal Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1430513 DG
La Foire Saint-Germain place Saint-Sulpice. Paris (6e arr.), 6 mai 1927. Photographie du journal [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1430528 | Séance d'entrainement à la traversée des rues et des boulevards en présence du préfet de police Jean Chiappe (1878-1940). Paris, 19 mai 1927. Photographie du journal Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1430528 DG
Séance d'entrainement à la traversée des rues et des boulevards en présence du préfet de police [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1430527 | Manifestation en faveur du vote des femmes. Paris, mai 1927. Photographie du journal Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1430527 DG
Manifestation en faveur du vote des femmes. Paris, mai 1927. Photographie du journal "Excelsior".
 
Roger-Viollet | 1084175 | World War I. Former milliners who became chimney sweeps, working on a roof. Paris, late November 1917. Photograph from the collections of the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
72343-4 DG
World War I. Former milliners who became chimney sweeps, working on a roof. Paris, late November [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 280299 | World War I. Man updating a map of the front, given by the newspaper Excelsior to the Parisians, boulevard des Italiens. Paris, late August 1917. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
72192-51 DG
World War I. Man updating a map of the front, given by the newspaper "Excelsior" to the Parisians, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 855497 | World War I. Group of children playing in the street. Paris, February 1917. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
72693-8 DG
World War I. Group of children playing in the street. Paris, February 1917.
 
Roger-Viollet | 772259 | World War I. Woman picking some deadwood in the forest during a coal shortage. L'Isle-Adam (France), early February 1917. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
72690-35 DG
World War I. Woman picking some deadwood in the forest during a coal shortage. L'Isle-Adam [...]
Roger-Viollet | 200729 | World War I. Strikes in Paris about the vote of the English week (rest on Saturday afternoons for the fashion workers), and the expensive life, late May 1917. Apprentice seamstresses, dressmakers, milliners, corset-makers and furriers at the gate of the Palais-Bourbon. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
72197-36 DG
World War I. Strikes in Paris about the vote of the English week (rest on Saturday afternoons for [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 676925 | World War I. Swimmer getting prepared before the Swimming across Paris, swimming race taking place between the Pont National and the Pont Mirabeau. Paris, on July 29, 1917. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
72193-16 DG
World War I. Swimmer getting prepared before the Swimming across Paris, swimming race taking place [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 251643 | World War I. Colonial and foreign workers in war factories. Transport of bars for 75mm field guns. Region of Lyons (France), mid-September 1916. | © Piston / Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
72110-27 DG
World War I. Colonial and foreign workers in war factories. Transport of bars for 75mm field guns. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 860780 | World War I. Maurice Barrès (1862-1923), French writer and politician, at the Disabled School. Paris (12th arrondissement), Quai de la Rapée, early December 1915. | © Wackernie / Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
70556-44 DG
World War I. Maurice Barrès (1862-1923), French writer and politician, at the Disabled School. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 630088 | World War I. A Japanese ambulance in Paris. Mission of the Japanese Red Cross settled in a grand hotel on the Champs-Elysées, early March 1915. Photograph published in the newspaper Excelsior of Sunday, March 14, 1915. | © Ede / Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
70201-46 DG
World War I. A Japanese ambulance in Paris. Mission of the Japanese Red Cross settled in a grand [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 524062 | World War I. Soldiers of the bicycle infantry resting near the front, January 1915. Photograph published in the newspaper Excelsior of Thurdsay January 28, 1915. | © Caudrilliers / Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
70198-13 DG
World War I. Soldiers of the bicycle infantry resting near the front, January 1915. Photograph [...]
Roger-Viollet | 195563 | World War I. The Day of the 75mm field gun in Paris . Charity initiated by the Touring-Club de France and supported by the President of the French Republic, in order to collect and send to soldiers millions of things needed for their health, well-being and mood. Photograph published in the newspaper Excelsior of Monday February 8, 1915. | © Reporters / Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
70199-51 DG
World War I. The "Day of the 75mm field gun in Paris". Charity initiated by the Touring-Club de [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1083828 | World War One. Strikes in Paris about the vote of the English week (rest on Saturday afternoons for the fashion workers), and the expensive life, late May 1917. Rally of employees of the Société Générale bank at the place de l'Opéra, heading to the Labour council. Photograph published in the newspaper Excelsior of Saturday, May 26, 1917. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
72189-51 DG
World War One. Strikes in Paris about the vote of the English week (rest on Saturday afternoons for [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 763701 | View of the Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, during the International exhibition of Art and Technology in Modern Life . Paris, Saturday 27 November 1937. Photograph from the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
86021-2 DG
View of the Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, during the International exhibition of "Art and [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1278812 | International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life (Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne). The Mexican pavilion. Paris, on October 23, 1937. Photograph from the collections of the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
190332-20 DG
International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life (Exposition Internationale des Arts [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1429754 | Fight against tuberculosis. Fédération des blessés du poumon. Paris, January 25, 1927. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1429754 DG
Fight against tuberculosis. Fédération des blessés du poumon. Paris, January 25, 1927. Photograph [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1002294 | World War One. Opening of the Saint-Sulpice fair in aid of the Secours de guerre charity, on June 7, 1917. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
72698-15 DG
World War One. Opening of the Saint-Sulpice fair in aid of the "Secours de guerre" charity, on June [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1429750 | The day before the inauguration of the boulevard Haussmann. Paris (8th-9th Arr.), January 11, 1927. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1429750 DG
The day before the inauguration of the boulevard Haussmann. Paris (8th-9th Arr.), January 11, 1927. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1288706 | Louis Morin, rat hunter, in Paris. August 1920. Photograph from the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
200684-5 DG
Louis Morin, rat hunter, in Paris. August 1920. Photograph from the French newspaper "Excelsior".
 
Roger-Viollet | 1075983 | Preparations of the Victory parade. Paris, early July 1919. Photograph from the collections of the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
77092-16 DG
Preparations of the Victory parade. Paris, early July 1919. Photograph from the collections of the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1429782 | Woman demonstrating for the right to vote. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
1429782 DG
Woman demonstrating for the right to vote. Photograph from the "Excelsior" newspaper.
Roger-Viollet | 445867 | Balloons, on October 18, 1936. Photograph from the collections of the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
87652-23 DG
Balloons, on October 18, 1936. Photograph from the collections of the newspaper "Excelsior".
Roger-Viollet | 1297552 | The cinematographs of the press during the interallied conference of Paris. Monday 24 January 1921. Photograph from the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
201005-28 DG
The cinematographs of the press during the interallied conference of Paris. Monday 24 January 1921. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 791971 | Spanish Civil war (1939-1936). La Retirada . Spanish refugees arriving with some clothes. Le Perthus (France), on January 27, 1939. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
80143-29 DG
Spanish Civil war (1939-1936). "La Retirada". Spanish refugees arriving with some clothes. Le [...]
Roger-Viollet | 989030 | Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La Retirada . Surveillance of the guard of the Generalitat of Catalonia seeking refuge in France. Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans (France), February 3rd, 1939. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
80141-25 DG
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). "La Retirada". Surveillance of the guard of the Generalitat of [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1288667 | The Goliath , first French aerobus, aboard which Pierre-Etienne Flandin (1889-1958), junior minister for aeronautics, and his wife, are taken to Antwerp (Belgium) to attend an air show for the Summer Olympics, on July 19, 1920. Photograph from the collections of the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
200683-6 DG
The "Goliath", first French aerobus, aboard which Pierre-Etienne Flandin (1889-1958), junior [...]