These beautiful photographs were taken by Julia Vanderveer Rees during her trip around France in the 1950s. We saw Vanderveer Rees and her friends visit Paris, Deauville, Chartres, Marseille, Centre-Loire Valley, Cannes and Mont Saint-Michel.
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| Produce Market, Rue Fortia, Marseille, c1953. |
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| Produce Market, Rue Fortia, Marseille, c1953. |
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| French/Italian Border Region (Ponte San Ludovico), Riviera, c1953. |
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| Village in the Jura Mountains, 1953. |
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| Rue de Rivoli, Paris, c1953. |
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| Banks of the Seine from a Tourist Boat, Paris, c1953. |
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| Banks of the Seine from a Tourist Boat, Paris, c1953. |
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| Guide on Eiffel Tower, Paris, c1953. |
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| Julia Vanderveer Rees and her friend Bonnie, at 9 Rue de l’Échelle, 1st Arrondissement, then the Le Gourmet Sans Chiqué Restaurant, Paris, c1953. |
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| 9 Rue de l’Échelle, 1st Arrondissement, then the Le Gourmet Sans Chiqué Restaurant, Paris, c1953. |
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| On Rue du Mont-Cenis (cnr of rue du Chevalier-de-La-Barre), Paris, c1953. |
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| On Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, looking towards Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris, c1953. |
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| Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris, 1958. |
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| Mont St Michel, France, 1958. |
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| Lacemakers in Traditional Dress outside Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, 1958. |
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| Front Portal, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, 1958. |
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| Landing Museum, Arromanches les Bains, 1958. |
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| Le Planches de Deauville (cnr Place Claude Lelouch), Deauville, 1958. |
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| Deauville, 1958. |
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| Deauville, 1958. |
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| Deauville Casino, and the Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy from Rue de la Mer (cnr Rue Sem), Deauville, 1958. |
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| On the Beach, Cannes, 1958. |
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| Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes, 1958. |
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| Cannes, 1958. |
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| Cannes, 1958. |
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| Cannes, 1958. |
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| St. George Gateway, Vendôme, Loire Valley, 1958. |
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| Canal next to Rue Charles VIII, Langeais, Loire Valley, 1958. |
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| View from Rue Gambatta of Château de Langeais, Langeais, Loire Valley, 1958. |
