34 Vintage Photographs Captured Street Scenes of Paris in the 1920s

The City of Light always looked beautiful a century ago as well. Pierre Yves-Petit, a photographer who was popularly known as Yvon, started roaming around the streets of Paris between the two world wars and started capturing the ephemeral and iconic beauty of the city. The brilliant pictures clicked back then made way to become some of the most widely populated postcards later in France, and can be bought easily even to this date.

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Yvon paid attention to the viewpoints and weather conditions of France and he predominantly clicked photos in the morning and evening, sometimes with an afterglow of rain, etc. There are certain amazing pictures that were developed using glass negatives. Scroll down to have a look at some of the most beautiful and amazing pictures of Paris that are bound to leave you spellbound and make you wish that you were in this place.

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