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| An excellent postcard from about 1910 of the Trocadero seen through the Eiffel Tower. This Trocadero was demolished about 1935 to make way for the current buildings. (Z) |
| A closer view of the Trocadero, also from around 1910. (Z) |
| A 1950 postcard of the Place du Tertre. |
| L'Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. |
| The Gare de Lyon. (Z) |
| A very early view of the Gare de Lyon - not very good quality, sorry ! |
| The Pantheon and the Rue Soufflot about 1912. |
| A great postcard - probably just pre-WW1 - of the Hotel de Ville. (Z) |
| The Metro. Boulevard Pasteur, l'Avenue de Breteuil and les Invalides - a postcard mailed in 1913. (Z) |
| A "Bouquiniste" at the Quai Montebello. |
| The Grand Palais. |
| The Bourse in the 1920s or 30s. |
| The Ile de la Cite - a postcard from 1908. |
| Two early postcards of the Sacre-Coeur, neither of which has been used, so no dates ! (Z) |
| A 1919 postcard of the Rue Chevalier de la Barre, leading to Sacre Coeur. |
| Two undated postcard of Les Invalides. |
| "Les Bouquinistes du Quai de la Tournelle" |
| Le Pont Alexandre III - a postcard from 1911. |
| A postcard from 1920. (Z) |
| The Eiffel Tower and the Champ de Mars. |
| La Madeleine. (Z) |
| The Avenue de l'Opera - a postcard printed after 1920. |
| The Pont Alexandre III and the Grand Palais. |
| More views of the French capital in old postcards. |
| Did You Know.........that the English novelist W Somerset Maugham was born in the British Embassy in Paris in 1874 ? |
| And Did You Know.........that the writer and historian Hilaire Belloc was born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, in 1870 ? |
| Did You Know.........that the composer Georges Bizet, best known for his opera "Carmen", was born at 26 rue de la Tour d'Auvergne in the 9th arrondissement in 1838 ? |
| And Did You Know.........that the poet Charles Baudelaire was born in Paris in 1821 ? |
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| Paris - Porte Saint-Martin. |
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