PCT4287847: Legionary music: legion clique in Marrakech (Morocco) at the beginning of the 20th century - colony, military colonialism, foreign legion - fanfare - “” tiens, voila du boudin”””, march (anthem) of the legionaries - period postcard - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287858: President of the Council Pierre Laval (1883 - 1945) and his daughter Josee Laval (1911 - 1992) when they left for the United States of America on October 16, 1931 - on the left, police chief Jean Chiappe (1878-1940) - In the USA, Laval will be proclaimed Man of the Year by Time Magazine, the only Frenchman with General de Gaulle who received this title. Press photography of the agency Rol (Paris 1904-1937) - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287874: French African soldiers taken prisoner by German soldiers in the Reims area in 1940 during the Second World War - France, Germany, African colonies, black - anonymous photographs, period prints on paper - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287893: Swimming on the banks of a river in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century (around 1920 - 1930) - people in swimsuits, diving board, diving, divers - anonymous photographic print on period paper - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287902: Roman ruins of Volubilis, Roman archaeological site, Unesco World Heritage near Meknes, Morocco - column fragments: foot and tent - Roman archaeological site of Volubilis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Meknes region, Morocco, North Africa, Africa - Photo Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4288024: View of Saint Peter (Saint Pierre, St Pierre, Martinique) just after the destruction of the city by the eruption of the volcano of Mont Pele or Montagne Pelee on May 8, 1902 - ruins of the Caminade house in the foreground and volcanic cone in the background - disaster - burning nuee - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4288034: View of Saint Peter (Saint Pierre, St Pierre, Martinique) just after the destruction of the city by the eruption of the volcano of Mont Pele or Montagne Pelee on May 8, 1902 - ruins of Place Bertin, north coast by the sea - disaster - burning nuee - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4288059: View of Saint Peter (Saint Pierre, St Pierre, Martinique) just after the destruction of the city by the eruption of the volcano of Mont Pele or Montagne Pelee on May 8, 1902 - ruins of rue Victor Hugo, South Coast - disaster - burning nuee - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4286883: An invitation to a dinner of hippophages (horse eaters), engraving by Honore Daumier in the Charivari 1865 “” - will I offer you a little more? It's excellent, isn't it?” diners have bones and a horse's head on their plate - meal - restaurant - horse meat - hippophagia - food scandal - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4286895: Ruins of the castle of Grignan (Drome) at the beginning of the 20th century: view from a terrace on one of the three facades built by the architect Mansart - colourful postcard from the period - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4286902: Ruins of the castle of Grignan (Drome) at the beginning of the 20th century: the gallery of paintings - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4286938: Bronze statue of the singer Claude Nougaro (1929-2004) inaugurated on 9 September 2014 in Toulouse - 85 years to day after the birth of Claude Nougaro and 10 years after his death, the iconic singer of the pink city has his statue erected Place Charles de Gaulle, behind the Capitol - sculptor Sebastien Langloys presents the work in the presence of Helene, last friend of the singer - photo Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287019: Typical landscape of Catholic Ireland: green countryside with two churches, one in ruins, and cemetery with statue of the Virgin Mary overcoming a grave - Eire - religion - Photo Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287050: Cover of a popular edition Flammarion “Select-Collection” beginning 20th century of the novel Carrot Head (by Jules Renard, 1894) (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287061: Illustration of the novel by Jules Renard (1864-1910): Carrot hair, written in 1894, 1924 (engraving), Poulbot, Francisque (1879-1946) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287069: Cover of a booklet “” Les serietons du dimanche”” 1875 - publication of the serial “” La Jeive du Chateau-Trumpet”” by Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, writer, serietonist 1829-1871 - episode “” Les duellistes des allees d'Amour - duel a l'epee with witnesses - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287092: Bell tower of the Basilica Saint-Sernin (St Sernin) in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) in 2014 - restoration of Viollet-le-Duc - Rose City - brick - Romanesque art - Photo Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287172: Toulouse (31, Haute-Garonne) at the beginning of the 20th century (around 1900) the Place du Capitole, facade of the Capitole with fiacres - Vespasian (pissotiere) - postcard of the period - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4287202: Toulouse (31, Haute-Garonne) shopping street at the beginning of the 20th century: rue Alsace-Lorraine (Alsace Lorraine) with many paves and rare cars around 1920 - paves and tramway rails - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296028: Summit of Puy de Dome (Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne) 1,465 meters - laboratory, antennae and tower of TDF in 2017. On the right, the ruins of the temple of Mercury. View same view around 1900: GUT8993 - Photo Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296053: Romanesque church of Saint-Nectaire (Saint Nectaire, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne) - bedside: rosettes in polychrome stone mosaic - Photo Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296055: Romanesque church of Saint-Nectaire (Saint Nectaire, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne) - reliquary bust of Saint Nectaire, evangelizer of the Monts d'Ore (3rd - 4th century) polychrome wood, date according to different sources from 15th to 17th century - Photo Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296066: Romanesque church of Saint-Nectaire (Saint Nectaire, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne) - reliquary statue of Saint Nectaire, evangelizer of the Monts d'Ore (3rd - 4th century) polychrome wood, date according to different sources from 15th to 17th century - Photo Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296067: Summit of Puy de Dome (Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne) 1,465 meters - laboratory, antennas and TDF tower in 2017 - Photo Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296078: Bronze equestrian statue of Vercingetorix, place de Jaude in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne). The work of Augustus Bartholdi, inaugurated on October 12, 1903, represents the Gallic leader (Arverne) who won the seat of Gergovia. Photo by Patrice Cartier - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296113: Motor race: grand prix des carts 1908, Albert Guyot sur Delage - detail of a mosaic fresco exhibited in the premises of “L'Aventure Michelin”, a museum that traces the history of the French tyre firm in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne) - tires, tires - Photo Patrice Cartier 2017 - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296124: Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne): Corporate headquarters of the Centre France group, newspaper La Montagne, associate architects CRR, 2008 - Rehabilitation of an old concrete office building, with creation of a glass facade called “double skin”, creating a ventile buffer space - modern architecture, contemporary, building renovation - Photo Patrice Cartier 2017 - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296134: Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne): Michelin tyre factories, Cataroux site - industry, factory, tires, logo, Bibendum, Bonhomme Michelin - Photo Patrice Cartier 2017 - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296145: Unusual: a modern chair taken in a limestone flow at the petrifying fountain of Saint-Nectaire (63, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne) - Photo Patrice Cartier 2017 - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296167: the Temple of Mercury (Gallo-Roman sanctuary of the second century) at the top of Puy de Dome, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome, France, at the beginning of the 20th century (postcard ND sent in April 1911) - Roman architecture, visitors, tourists, observatory - see other view of the same period: GUT8993 - see same site in the modern era: GUT9090 47 a GUT9050 - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296225: Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece of Isfahan, cotton weaves, circa 1950 - Joseph (Youssef, Youssof, Yusuf, Youssouf) threw into a well by his brothers - The various episodes of the life of Joseph, son of Jacob, form a story described both in the Bible and in the Koran. Legend common to the Christian and Muslim worlds (Islam), this myth is also present in medieval Persian poetry - private collection - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296240: Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan, early 20th century, cotton - a party at the court: maids offer drinks and food to the king. Fruits (apples and pears) furnish the space between the characters - private collection - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296255: Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan, early 20th century (circa 1900) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296430: Gothic architecture: Cathedrale Saint Just and Saint Pasteur (Saint Just and Saint Pasteur) (1272-1340). Narbonne, Aude (11, Languedoc, Occitanie). The planets (planets, roofs, roofs) - Photo Patrice Cartier - Gusman/Leemage / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296446: Via Domitia (Via Domitienne or Via Domizia); part of the Roman road pave discovered in 1997 during works at a depth of 2 metres under the square of the town hall of Narbonne (Aude, 11, Languedoc, Occitanie, France). Photo Patrice Cartier - see also GUT5260 a GUT5270 - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296553: World life in Pau (Bearn) at the beginning of the 20th century - the region of Pau was very popular among Anglo-Saxons (English and American) at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many villas were built throughout the region for the rich Bitannic and Americans in the city. They're called English villas. They were the place of worldly rendezvous, as here at the Villa Sainte Helene (St. Helene), belonging to that period to the Prince family. Americans Henry Prince and Henry Ridgway (owner of another villa opposite it) were tireless animators of social life in Pau. From 1890 to 1940, they did much for the renown of the city across the Atlantic - / Bridgeman Images