Postwar children of Paris - April 1947
Apr 30, 2014 15:23:58 #
My 1938 Automatic Rolleiflex got a workout in April 1947 when I took a week-long furlough from occupied Germany to visit Paris. Ah, April in Paris! Among the many images I plan to share are these of a few Parisian children, all of whom were born either before the 1944 Liberation of Paris three years earlier, or during the chaos shortly afterward. Many foreigners equate Paris and France as the whole French experience, something disputed by folks in Normandy and the French Riviera. But Paris definitely is on everybody else's list. I hope fellow Hoggers will enjoy some of these captures. Again, I apologize for the quality; these are all scanned from 65-plus year-old contact prints, 2-1/4" square.
A solemn Parisian tricyclist - April 1947
The Parisian boy who didn't like saiboats - April 1947
Future student of Paris' Cite Universitaire - April 1947
Apr 30, 2014 15:36:03 #
Richard, you really don't need to be apologising for the quality, the content is enthralling, these images should be archived somewhere.
Graham
Graham
Apr 30, 2014 15:42:58 #
Wonderful...Thank You for posting..
And most of All THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOMS...
I was born in 1940, while running around in a diaper, My heroes like you were serving and fighting for the World's Freedom.
Love the Photo's...Thank You so much for sharing them and your experiences.
I have lived the American Dream off the backs of You and Your Generation...the Greatest...I pray We don't let our Freedom's get destroyed and in my opinion they are attacked daily these days!!@!
Blessings,
tom
tom
And most of All THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOMS...
I was born in 1940, while running around in a diaper, My heroes like you were serving and fighting for the World's Freedom.
Love the Photo's...Thank You so much for sharing them and your experiences.
I have lived the American Dream off the backs of You and Your Generation...the Greatest...I pray We don't let our Freedom's get destroyed and in my opinion they are attacked daily these days!!@!
Blessings,
tom
tom
Apr 30, 2014 15:48:24 #
Apr 30, 2014 15:51:36 #
RichardQ wrote:
My 1938 Automatic Rolleiflex got a workout in April 1947 when I took a week-long furlough from occupied Germany to visit .
Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful images.
Nairiam
Apr 30, 2014 16:15:11 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
Graham is so correct... There are times when quality is not the rule... Please show more..
Apr 30, 2014 16:16:43 #
RichardQ wrote:
My 1938 Automatic Rolleiflex got a workout in Apri... (show quote)
Again, excellent!
You know, Adoramapix, and others, can put your pictures into a nice hardcover book.
Apr 30, 2014 16:20:56 #
donrent wrote:
Graham is so correct... There are times when quality is not the rule... Please show more..
Most importantly these prints are in very good condition, the majority of images taken by amateurs at that time are in poor condition. By amateur I don't mean that these picture suffer by being taken by an amateur, quite the contrary, it boosts their credibility.
Apr 30, 2014 16:26:38 #
Gramham, is 100 percent correct. Thank you for sharing. and your service.
Apr 30, 2014 16:35:39 #
Graham Smith wrote:
Most importantly these prints are in very good condition, the majority of images taken by amateurs at that time are in poor condition. By amateur I don't mean that these picture suffer by being taken by an amateur, quite the contrary, it boosts their credibility.
Very eloquently phrased. Nice to see English English expressed.
( It's not really that far behind Gaelic )
Apr 30, 2014 16:40:22 #
nairiam wrote:
Very eloquently phrased. Nice to see English, English expressed.
( It's not really that far behind Gaelic )
( It's not really that far behind Gaelic )
Slàinte mhath
:wink:
Apr 30, 2014 18:42:19 #
Graham Smith wrote:
Slàinte mhath
:wink:
:wink:
Since you know the Gaelic, you will know about the Lewisman who was asked the Gaelic eqivalent of the Spanish 'manaña', he replied that there is "no Gaelic word which conveys such haste".
May 1, 2014 00:27:01 #
Graham Smith wrote:
Richard, you really don't need to be apologising for the quality, the content is enthralling, these images should be archived somewhere.
Graham
Graham
Graham, thank you so much for your enthusiasm! I'm so glad you're interested in these prints. I only wish I was 20 years younger so I could reassemble my 4x5 enlarger and fillup my processing trays for a week of printing. But that ain't gonna happen. Instead I have to get some medical work done so I can install a negative scanner next to my computer. Then I might be able to display better images of these old shots.
May 1, 2014 00:45:34 #
tom kf4wol wrote:
Wonderful...Thank You for posting.. br br And mos... (show quote)
Hi Tom, thank you for your comments. I gather you and your family were immigrants either during or after WW II, so please accept my welcome to the USA. Don't worry about the attacks on our freedom here -- they were under attack from the day the Declaration of Independence was signed. Various freedoms were suspended at different times by various Presidents and were later restored. Abraham Lincoln suspended the Writ of Habeus Corpus during the Civil War, for example. Franklin D. Roosevelt interned loyal Japanese-American citizens during WW II merely because hysterical people on the West Coast suspected them of being loyal to Japan, even though many of their sons enlisted in the US Army and fought valiantly in bitter battles in Italy. You haven't lived the American Dream "off our backs". You accepted the challenge of opportunity in a lively civilization and apparently succeeded in a world-class economy. I hope you continue to prosper in good health!
May 1, 2014 00:47:59 #
nairiam wrote:
Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful images.
Nairiam
Nairiam
Thank you for your comment, Nairiam. I had fun photographing those kids.
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