Photographer

Jacques Boyer

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From the beginning of the 20th century until the 1950s, Jacques Boyer (1869-1960), photographer and "scientific promoter" established at 5bis, rue Saint-Paul in Paris, imported, distributed and carried out an important photographic production in the scientific and technical domain (experiments, innovative processes of fabrication, factories & workshops, machines, portraits of scientists). Along with this, he photographed Paris, its daily life, its trades and small crafts for over forty years. Roger-Viollet acquired his photographic archives--more than 35,000 negatives and 6,000 prints--in 1963.

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Roger-Viollet | 369281 | Electric cage for the treatment of arteriosclerosis with high frequency oscillatory currents (darsonvalisation). France, 1907. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
4975-11 DG
Electric cage for the treatment of arteriosclerosis with high frequency oscillatory currents [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 604157 | Construction of the first liner France , 1912. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
4684-6 DG
Construction of the first liner "France", 1912.
 
Roger-Viollet | 613806 | Two-seater motorcycle at the Champ-de-Mars. Paris, 1922. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
564-8 DG
Two-seater motorcycle at the Champ-de-Mars. Paris, 1922.
 
Roger-Viollet | 237824 | Paris, Car show. Model 203 Peugeot. Convertible top, 2 seats. Paris, October 1951. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
4879-6 DG
Paris, Car show. Model 203 Peugeot. Convertible top, 2 seats. Paris, October 1951.
 
Roger-Viollet | 464076 | Auscultation at the Broussais hospital. Paris, 1935. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
310-15 DG
Auscultation at the Broussais hospital. Paris, 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 333509 | Loading of baskets at the Halles, in front of the Saint Eustache church. Paris, around 1900. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
311-9 DG
Loading of baskets at the Halles, in front of the Saint Eustache church. Paris, around 1900.
 
Roger-Viollet | 856912 | Absinthe drinker. Paris, 1911. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
311-10 DG
Absinthe drinker. Paris, 1911.
 
Roger-Viollet | 886980 | Final checking and regulation of the clocks, during the manufacture, after a pendule-mire . England, 1946. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
312-6 DG
Final checking and regulation of the clocks, during the manufacture, after a "pendule-mire". [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 240077 | French National library. Reading room of the print department (Henri Labrouste architect, 1862-1866). Paris, 1938. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
309-13 DG
French National library. Reading room of the print department (Henri Labrouste architect, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 775416 | Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, leaving on bicycle, 1896. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
279-14 DG
Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, leaving on bicycle, 1896.
 
Roger-Viollet | 343036 | A sledgehammer used in railway workshops. Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (France), 1908. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
567-14 DG
A sledgehammer used in railway workshops. Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (France), 1908.
 
Roger-Viollet | 748224 | Assembling bodyworks at the Renault car factory. Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine, France), 1931. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
569-10 DG
Assembling bodyworks at the Renault car factory. Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine, France), [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 518521 | Mender of baskets. Paris, 1908. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
568-9 DG
Mender of baskets. Paris, 1908.
 
Roger-Viollet | 611378 | World War I. German prisoners at a sawmill. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
463-2 DG
World War I. German prisoners at a sawmill.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1039371 | Man with hang gliders. Concours Lépine, French invention competition. Paris, 1935. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
574-6 DG
Man with hang gliders. Concours Lépine, French invention competition. Paris, 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 754473 | Wastepaper baskets in a street of Paris. 1907. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
574-2 DG
Wastepaper baskets in a street of Paris. 1907.
 
Roger-Viollet | 164182 | Tourists in the pyramids. Gizeh (Egypt) in 1912. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
713-12 DG
Tourists in the pyramids. Gizeh (Egypt) in 1912.
 
Roger-Viollet | 396870 | The Creac'h lighthouse staircase, on the island of Ouessant (France). | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
655-2 DG
The Creac'h lighthouse staircase, on the island of Ouessant (France).
 
Roger-Viollet | 674613 | World War I. French army. Soldiers and a projector loaded onto a truck. 1916. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
902-12 DG
World War I. French army. Soldiers and a projector loaded onto a truck. 1916.
 
Roger-Viollet | 243724 | World War I. The armistice of November 11, 1918, celebrated on the front. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
850-15 DG
World War I. The armistice of November 11, 1918, celebrated on the front.
 
Roger-Viollet | 877891 | Exposition of decorative arts. The illuminated Eiffel Tower. Citroën advertisement. Paris, 1925. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
1045-11 DG
Exposition of decorative arts. The illuminated Eiffel Tower. Citroën advertisement. Paris, 1925.
 
Roger-Viollet | 660678 | World War I. Soldier with both arms amputated wearing two Canet prostheses. France, 1916. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
1015-12 DG
World War I. Soldier with both arms amputated wearing two Canet prostheses. France, 1916.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1089642 | Ka-Be-Nah Gway Wence, 134-year-old Indian chief wearing a great national costume. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
1089-10 DG
Ka-Be-Nah Gway Wence, 134-year-old Indian chief wearing a great national costume.
 
Roger-Viollet | 501404 | Baku's oil well (Aserbaidschan, USSR), in March, 1934. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
1487-15 DG
Baku's oil well (Aserbaidschan, USSR), in March, 1934.
 
Roger-Viollet | 627833 | Dyna Panhard car equipped with a sun roof, 1950. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
1373-6 DG
"Dyna" Panhard car equipped with a sun roof, 1950.
 
Roger-Viollet | 825438 | Sorting in the factory of the domestic garbage of Issy-les-Moulineaux (France). 1908. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
1379-15 DG
Sorting in the factory of the domestic garbage of Issy-les-Moulineaux (France). 1908.
 
Roger-Viollet | 541213 | Station of pneumatic tubes in a distributor office. Paris, radio center, in 1922. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
1821-23 DG
Station of pneumatic tubes in a distributor office. Paris, radio center, in 1922.
 
Roger-Viollet | 630281 | Terrace of a café during Winter. Paris, circa 1910. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
1820-15 DG
Terrace of a café during Winter. Paris, circa 1910.
 
Roger-Viollet | 831116 | Child having a shower. Cloth device replacing the tub, 1946. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
2134-3 DG
Child having a shower. Cloth device replacing the tub, 1946.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1034582 | Scarecrows in a field. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
2109-8 DG
Scarecrows in a field.
 
Roger-Viollet | 562110 | Draping corsages at Worth fashion house. Paris, 1907. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
1992-7 DG
Draping corsages at Worth fashion house. Paris, 1907.
 
Roger-Viollet | 155351 | Giant aspirin tubes. Advertisement of a chemist. Westminster (England), 1934. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
2552-1 DG
Giant aspirin tubes. Advertisement of a chemist. Westminster (England), 1934.
 
Roger-Viollet | 192190 | Grinding of leather dye powder. Marrakech (Morocco), 1928. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
2534-8 DG
Grinding of leather dye powder. Marrakech (Morocco), 1928.
 
Roger-Viollet | 761721 | Hat delivery. Luton (Bedfordshire, England), 1935. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
2378-7 DG
Hat delivery. Luton (Bedfordshire, England), 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 768593 | Penicillin manufacturing centre, Paris. Collection of the culture medium by emptying jars into metal tins (1946). | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
2329-12 DG
Penicillin manufacturing centre, Paris. Collection of the culture medium by emptying jars into [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 413195 | Percement of the Panama Canal. Construction of Gatún's upper locks, 1912. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
2868-11 DG
Percement of the Panama Canal. Construction of Gatún's upper locks, 1912.
 
Roger-Viollet | 848811 | Floods of Paris in 1910. A footbridge, rue Fabert (VIIth arrondissment). | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
3313-12 DG
Floods of Paris in 1910. A footbridge, rue Fabert (VIIth arrondissment).
 
Roger-Viollet | 678820 | Making cotillion accessories. Painting military helmets for children. France, 1908. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
3961-10 DG
Making cotillion accessories. Painting military helmets for children. France, 1908.
 
Roger-Viollet | 405836 | Street peddler using an X-ray machine to predict the future. Paris, 1909. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
3934-3 DG
Street peddler using an X-ray machine to predict the future. Paris, 1909.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1019668 | Young Bohemians going to sell wickerworks. 1909. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
3970-13 DG
Young Bohemians going to sell wickerworks. 1909.
 
Roger-Viollet | 525094 | Pipe manufacture. Levelling roughing machines using a circular saw. Saint-Claude (France), 1908. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
3959-8 DG
Pipe manufacture. Levelling roughing machines using a circular saw. Saint-Claude (France), 1908.
 
Roger-Viollet | 700639 | Chimney sweep from Savoy. France, 1907. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
3960-3 DG
Chimney sweep from Savoy. France, 1907.
 
Roger-Viollet | 340690 | Fisherman. Etaples ( Pas-de-Calais). 1936. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
4276-16 DG
Fisherman. Etaples ( Pas-de-Calais). 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 768938 | Mud baths in Saint-Arnaud (France). 1911. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
4125-5 DG
Mud baths in Saint-Arnaud (France). 1911.
 
Roger-Viollet | 737982 | L'Auto cyclo-cross. Competitors crossing the sand quarry of Trivaux in the woods of Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine) France. 1937. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
4469-16 DG
"L'Auto" cyclo-cross. Competitors crossing the sand quarry of Trivaux in the woods of Clamart [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 805866 | English tattoo : Ecce Homo, 1899. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
4821-13 DG
English tattoo : Ecce Homo, 1899.
 
Roger-Viollet | 187243 | Flowering balconies competition, rue du Temple. Paris, 1906. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
4904-1 DG
Flowering balconies competition, rue du Temple. Paris, 1906.
 
Roger-Viollet | 792995 | Foire du Trône. Overall view of the roller-coaster. Paris, 1908. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
5460-4 DG
Foire du Trône. Overall view of the roller-coaster. Paris, 1908.
 
Roger-Viollet | 308503 | Marie Curie (1867-1934), French chemist and physicist, in her laboratory. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
5765-12 DG
Marie Curie (1867-1934), French chemist and physicist, in her laboratory.
 
Roger-Viollet | 938432 | Swiss railway. Travellers in a 2nd class compartment. Switzerland, 1935. | © Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet
23163-21 DG
Swiss railway. Travellers in a 2nd class compartment. Switzerland, 1935.