Mr Coeur de Lion Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Well, I bought a slide scanner and started scanning all my dads old slides across.A few surprises (namely some pictures of my half brother who I have never met and some saucy snaps of my mum on her honeymoon, which were never meant for my eyes), but I came across these three snaps of Paris, I think in the early 60's and thought I would share.[IMG]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/blueblarg/165.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/blueblarg/164.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/blueblarg/163.jpg[/IMG] PS No, I won't be posting the snaps of my mum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Lovely pics - thanks for letting us see them.Somewhere I have pics of my Grandfathers Rover being craned onto a boat on a trip to France in early 1940s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Somehow I think the decade might be wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 Perhaps the 50's then.I have no idea when he went, just that it was before I was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Great stuff. The o/h and I will do a bit of car spotting later and try to work out the year but I reckon very late 50's at a guess.Can I join in? Paris 1966:[IMG]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/cooperlola/Paris1966001.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/cooperlola/NotreDame1966001.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/cooperlola/MeArcdeTriomphe1966001.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 Comparing the two photos of the Arc de Triomphe, they must have cleaned it between the late 50's and 1966 then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 After some very quick research (I'll keep at it!) the Dauphine and that version of the Fiat 500 both appeared in '57 so it's no earlier than that imo. Now to find out when the Arc was washed.....EDIT : 1965 (Wash day!)Further clue : Kodachrome II came out in '61 so if you can see the edge of the film that might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 I'm afraid I've thrown the slide away now. It did have some writing on it... it was red writing.... one side said "view from this side".... will try and remember what the rest said... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Shame because it would have been on the film itself so you'd have to have taken it out of its mount, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Dauphine, Aronde and Peugeot 403.......1960 ish.....not before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Definitely pre 1968....we used all the cobbles in may and charles never replaced them.More seriously the Frégate in the first photo would date closer than a Dauphine.I traded in my Frégate for a Twin Cam MGA in 1962. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarathustra Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Wow, some gerat photos. I didn't know you could once drive or park under the Eiffel Tower. These days armed guards walk around underneath it. I think I once saw an old photograph from the late 19th century when there was a park and some goats grazing beneath it - perhaps it was part of the world fair exposition they held.I was surprised to see how relatively quickly the Arc de Triumph collected the pollution and grime. I can still recall Notre-Dame before and after cleaning and that made a huge difference.Paris is pretty timeless though, and it's mainly the cars and fashion that give away the era of photographs. Some great shots, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 This thread prompted me to have a look through some of my ancient photographs that are in the garage.I found one of the Arc de Triomphe with scaffolding up and in the process of being cleaned. It was summer '65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Can you scan them in and post Gardian? Seems we could well have a pic of the Arc for each year of the 60's at this rate :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Will do - after I've finished cooking the Boeuf Bourg !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 These photographs date back to my first visit to Paris in 1964[IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/HarrowbyHall/ChampsElysees2.jpg[/IMG] Champs Elysees[IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/HarrowbyHall/Montmartrefunicular.jpg[/IMG]Funicular at Montmartre - is it still there?[IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/HarrowbyHall/Bastillemetro.jpg[/IMG]Metro Line 1 at Bastille[IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/HarrowbyHall/NotreDamegargoyl-1.jpg[/IMG]Old friend at Notre Dame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 [quote user="Clarkkent"] Funicular at Montmartre - is it still there?[/quote]Sure is.I reckon this makes it more and more likely that Richard's pics are the very end of the 50's or very early 60s. Both the Aronde and the Pug were around then. In your pics, Clark, there are plenty of more modern models in evidence which just aren't in Richard's - being Paris I reckon you'd see more Minis etc if they were taken any later. But we may never know!Talking of cars, my friends' DS estate is parked just under the Arc to the left of where I am standing - lovely thing she was and positively the poshest car I'd ever been in up until then. I thought it was fab' after my Dad's Anglia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarathustra Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Here's one I took recently by contrast:[img]http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/29-Sep-2010/9583-notre-dame-gargoyle.jpg[/img]The furnicular looks a little more modern these days. Here's one I found on the Internet:Montmartre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 This thread is turning into something very special.Looking at clark's photo's, the Champs Elysée looks far busier than around the Arc, which does make me think mine are from the very ealry 60's or before.Wish I could ask my dad when he went. Or rather, I wished I'd listened to him when he told me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Here are some good photos of Paris in 1960.http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=926210 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 [IMG]http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/gardian830/ArcdeTriomphe.jpg[/IMG]There we are - summer '65.[IMG]http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/gardian830/NotreDame.jpg[/IMG].............. and good old ND, around 1960 (I think). Can't really remember, I was too, too young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Great pictures, folks! I love all the detective work too!Sid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Some more snaps from 1964:Champs Elysees from the top of the Arc de Triomphe[IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/HarrowbyHall/ViewofChampsElysees.jpg[/IMG]Two photos of Montmartre scenes[IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/HarrowbyHall/Square.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/HarrowbyHall/Montmartrestreet.jpg[/IMG]A barge on the Canal St Martin (the boat's name was Croix)[IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/HarrowbyHall/BargeonCanalStMartin.jpg[/IMG]There are far fewer cars in these photos than I expected. Were there fewer around then - even in Paris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerveilN Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Thanks for sharing these picture, I love the one with the old funiculaire de montmartre on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Funny that I should find this thread now? We have been given some homework to do and what we have to do is to write something about these 2 photos. A bit before any of the ones shown so far!![IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Johns/OldParis1.jpg[/IMG]I think that the first is taken when the grand exibish was on. The second is any-ones guess, but it would be one hell of a hairy way of getting around these daze!![:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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