Paris Then and Now: 1900 - 2012

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 otherstructures 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

 Champs Elysees, leading to the Arc d'Triomphe 

 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