Friday, December 5, 2008

Paris Then and Now 1900 - 2008

In 1900, William Henry Goodyear (Brooklyn Museum's first curator) traveled to the Paris for the World Exposition of that year, with photographer Joseph Hawkes. They brought back numerous images from the exposition including street life, vistas, pavilions, statues, and other structures and decorative details. We took some of those pictures and compared them with today's Paris. Enjoy! 


Eiffel Tower, from the Pont d'Iena 




Esplanade des Invalides, from the Pont Alexandre III 



Trocadero and Pont d'Iena, from the Eiffel Tower 


Seine River, from the Pont Alexandre III 




Champ de Mars, from the Eiffel Tower 



Base of the Eiffel Tower, looking through to the Trocadero 


Pont Alexandre III 


View of Paris and the Seine River, from the Eiffel Tower