#Léon Gimpel

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A Cactus Hot Air Balloon

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Kids at war, September 1915

Léon Gimpel ~ Boy playing in model airplane attached to a lamppost. France, 1915. Autochrome. | From : La guerre de gosses, Léon GIMPEL, Paris, 1915

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Léon Gimpel  (1873-1948) ~ The aviator ‘Pépéte’ has just shot down a ‘taube’ with his machine gun. Paris, 19 September 1915.

In 1915 Gimpel befriended a group of children from the Grenata Street neighborhood in Paris who had established their own "army". He began to visit them regularly on Sundays, helping them to build their arsenal from whatever was to hand, providing direction in "casting", and recording with his camera the army’s triumphs over the evil enemy , the Boche.   Gimpel was charmed by these children and... continue reading

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primeira guerra mundial. foto de léon gimpel.

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The Story: History enhanced! Early photographs reborn

The Writer: Guardian editors

(photos, from top: bathers at Siouville-Hague in Normandy, France, 1921, by Gustave Gain; portrait of an Arabian emir in Damascus, Syria, 1925, by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont; first Paris Air Show at the Grand Palais, France, 1909, by Léon Gimpel)

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Léon Gimpel’s Autochromes of Kids during WWI, Paris, September 1915.

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Léon Gimpel’s Autochromes of Kids during WWI, Paris, September 1915 By Leon Gimpel

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The first air show at the Grand Palais in Paris, France. September 30th, 1909. Photographed in Autochrome Lumière by Léon Gimpel

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Le Paris de Léon Gimpel (1873-1948) Place de la Madeleine un dimanche matin, 29 mars 1914 © Léon Gimpel / SFP - Droits réservés. - source John d'Orbigny Immobilier.

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Boy in his monoplane on rue Greneta (near Les Halles) in Paris, France, photographed by Léon Gimpel, 19 September, 1915

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Taken at the first Paris Air Show in 1909. It was shot in colour inside the Grande Palais by Léon Gimpel

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Léon Gimpel Illuminations Salle Wagram Paris 1925 Autochrome

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Paris Air Show, September 1909

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Early colour photograph taken by Léon Gimpel on Autochrome Lumière at the first air show, Grand Palais, Paris, 30 September 1909. Original here

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Léon Gimpel :: Kids at WWI, Paris, September 1915

A ‘taube’ is spotted; a French 75 is immediately put into battery while ‘Pépéte’, the aviator, prepares to give chase. Paris, 19 September 1915

From : La guerre de gosses, Léon GIMPEL, Paris, 1915

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Léon Gimpel (1873-1948) · The famous aviator ‘Pépéte’ triumphs in front of his victim. Paris, 19 September 1915. Autochrome | src SFP

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LÉON GIMPEL | La pleine lune (d'après un stéréogramme de M. Quénisset). N° 4575 - 21 mars 1921 Coll. L.G - n° An.11 Plaque autochrome 9 x 12 cm (3.5 x 4.7 in)

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Sep 19 1915 in WWI

September 19 1915 -  Léon Gimpel

#OnThisDay Photographer Léon Gimpel captures the French Grenata Street army:

The Grenata Street army

In 1915 Gimpel befriended a group of children from the Grenata Street neighbourhood in Paris who had established their own “army”. He began to visit them regularly on Sundays, helping them to build their arsenal from whatever was to hand, providing direction in “casting���, and recording with his camera the army’s triumphs over the evil enemy, the Boche.