Paris and France in the early 20th century (1900-1905)

Rails of the Parisian overground metro.

Pedestrians and horse-drawn transport on the square next to the metro bridge.

People exit the metro onto the boulevard.

Coat of arms on the fence of one of the Parisian metro stations.

A carriage passes by an entrance with carved stone decorations.

Fragments of decorations above the entrance.

Photographs of people in interiors of the early 20th century.

A sculpture rotates against the background of a tapestry.

Women in the living room by the fireplace, drinking coffee, chatting, the hostess introducing the lady who has arrived to the guests, the women getting to know each other.

Women, sitting at a table, examining and trying on hats of new fashionable styles.

Photographs of girls with fashionable hairstyles.

A painting depicting a hairdresser's.

A woman tries on a hat, takes it off, puts on a headdress in the Russian style.

A woman puts a box on a dressing table, takes a decorated belt out of the box.

A woman tries on jewelry.

Women in evening gowns in front of a mirror.

A woman takes a vase of flowers from the table and straightens the flowers.

A studio owner demonstrates a new style of dress to a client with the help of a mannequin.

The mannequins take turns in front of the client.

Demonstration of a new model of women's dress, fragments of the dress.

Drawings of fashionable men's suits.

A rotating doll.

People skating.

Fragments of a women's field hockey match.

Women's dribbling competition.

A woman in a pantsuit on a bench.

A female tram driver enters a tram cabin, the tram starts moving.

Girls - a tram driver and a conductor in a tram.

A female coachman sits on the box of the carriage.

A procession of suffragettes along the airfield past the hangars.

Women stand by the carriage and talk.

Members of the society of feminists and suffragettes descend the steps of the palace after the end of the meeting.

Leaders of the French Feminist Society.

Feminists on the porch of a building before taking photos.

Feminists handing out propaganda literature.

Demonstration of women's underwear styles.

Women in the garden in the summer dresses of the new season.

A man in a top hat sits in an armchair.

Photographs of men in France at the beginning of the 20th century.

A man at home with a dog.

An artist sits at his sketchbook.

Artists paint pictures and make sketches.

Drawings by French artists, artists exchange brochures of their exhibitions.

A man sits down at a table, pours water from a decanter, drinks, talks.

Demonstration of fashionable styles of women's clothing.

Photographs of models in fashionable dresses and jewelry.

A dancer performs a Spanish dance on a guitar.

A dancer's performance.

A silhouette of a man in a window.

A mechanical doll with a fan.

Women in Spanish dresses demonstrate fans.

Fragments of a silent film about Arsène Lupin, dating scenes.

Photograph of a man.

Girl with dogs at a table in the garden.

Fragments of silent melodramatic films of the early 20th century.

Fragments of films by Georges Méliès.

The maitre d' greets guests at the entrance to the restaurant.

People at tables in the restaurant hall, a violinist walks between the tables, plays for the visitors.

A dance duet performs in a restaurant.

A woman and two men at a restaurant table.

Spectators in a concert hall, a man wipes away tears with a handkerchief.

A windmill above the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris.

Performance by cabaret artists, performing various dance numbers.

Performing various acrobatic numbers.

Artists in costumes of characters from the Italian comedy of masks.

Fragments of performances of Parisian theaters of the early 20th century.

Film directors watch the filmed negative.

Spectators take their seats in the cinema hall.

A fragment of a silent French comedy film of the early 20th century.

A revolving model of a poster column.

One of the leaders of French feminists at a car.

A man sees the women to the car, helps them get in.

Women talking, standing by a bench in the park.

Fragments of silent feature films of the early 20th century.

Faces of artists and actors.

An actor takes off his false moustache and beard, combs his hair, a servant hands him his hat.

A man stands by a playbill of a performance featuring the famous French actress Andri Megar.

Mechanics by a steam engine.

A bus by the tent of a touring theater.

Faces of actors in stage images.

Fragment of a feature film.

Newlyweds heading to church.

A man and women in autumn dresses.

An actress adjusts her suit.

A girl pets a small dog.