This antique monochromatic postcard documents the Great Flood of Paris in January 1910. The photograph captures a dramatic scene on Boulevard Diderot, near the Gare de Lyon, where the street has been completely transformed into a waterway. Residents are seen navigating the flooded thoroughfare in small wooden rowboats between rows of partially submerged trees and ornate street lamps. This image serves as a powerful historical record of the environmental disaster that paralyzed the French capital for weeks.
Era: Divided Back (1910)
City: Paris
State: Seine
Region: Île-de-France
Country: France
Topic: Great Flood of Paris 1910, Urban Flooding, Boulevard Diderot, Gare de Lyon, Paris Transportation History.
Condition: Uncirculated
Address Side: Divided Back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Not Stated (LL Studio)
Publisher: Lévy Fils et Cie (LL), Paris (Series No. 147)
Printer: Likely French Phototype
Print Type: Phototypie / Collotype
