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a pile of old photographs on a white surfaceseveral old black and white photos of people walking down a streetfour pieces of paper with writing on them sitting on top of a tableseveral old black and white photographs of people walking down a streetfour pieces of paper with handwriting on them sitting on a tableseveral old black and white photographs of people and buildingsseveral old black and white photos of a city with a clock towerseveral old black and white photographs of a city and a bridgeseveral old black and white photographs of people in front of the eiffel towera black and white photo of two men sitting at a tablea black and white photo of a man in uniform standing next to a horse drawn carriagean old photo of two men standing in front of the eiffel towerseveral old black and white photos of men and women in front of the eiffel towera black and white photo of a group of men standing in front of a truckthree men in military uniforms stand in front of the eiffel towerthree men in military uniforms standing next to each other in front of a buildingseveral old black and white photos of men in front of the eiffel towerfour old black and white photos of a city at nightfour pieces of paper with writing on them sitting on a tablea black and white photo of a large crowd of peoplean old piece of paper with writing on it sitting on a tableseveral old black and white photographs of people and buildings on a wallan old photo of a man sitting at a desk in front of a fireplacean old piece of paper with a handwritten message on itmany people standing outside of a building with cars parked in front of ittwo black and white photos of a large crowd of people in a citya close up of a piece of paper with a stamp on itan old envelope with a stamp on it sitting on a tabletwo black and white photos of people riding camels next to a bella piece of paper with writing on it that says the dell of future lane running out on one - day
Maître Lydie BRIOULT

Collection of Military Police photographs in Paris, 1944–194…
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Estimate €40 - €70
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Collection of Military Police photographs in Paris, 1944–1945 (approx. 100 original prints) An interesting collection of original prints comprising a series of photographs taken on 8 May 1945 around the Champs-Élysées, showing the jubilant crowds (some with captions on the reverse). These photographs were taken by a member of the US Military Police, the famous ‘MPs’. They reveal the American soldiers’ fascination with public urinals – something completely unknown in the United States – as well as virtually all of Paris’s major landmarks: the Eiffel Tower, Les Invalides, the Louvre, the Trocadéro, the Place de la Bastille, Gare d’Orsay, Notre-Dame, the Tuileries Gardens, La Madeleine, the banks of the Seine, Montmartre, the Opéra Garnier, the Arc de Triomphe, the Place de la Concorde, the statue of Joan of Arc, the bells of Notre-Dame ringing on 8 May 1945, the Vincennes Zoo… and the famous café terraces so much loved by the GIs. Two large-format press agency photographs (20x25cm/8x10 in.) show the crowds on the Champs-Élysées on 8 May 1945 and a mass being celebrated at La Madeleine in March 1945. (Grégory Pons Collection)
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About the sale Sale of the Grégory Pons collection and miscellaneous items (Aviation and WW2 Militaria)
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Auction time 11/14/2026 at 1:30 PM
Lot description modified on 09/17/2026 at 9:26 AM
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