<p>One of those images I simply love, and just about the only vintage image that I own that I have a copy of hanging in the house (the rest are in drawers, boxes, bags, the attic, cupboards ...)
</p><p>I was inspired to upload it by the blog post at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/05/paris-at-night-in-the-20s-30s/">www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/05/paris-at-night-in-the-2...</a>
</p><p>From a comment made about one of the vehicles, this is not as early as I had suspected - it's probably late 1940s. In fact I now learn that this image was taken in 1953 by Albert Monier (see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://midcenturymoddesign.tumblr.com/post/45370794186/notre-dame-un-soir-de-neige-paris-1953-photo-by">midcenturymoddesign.tumblr.com/post/45370794186/notre-dam...</a>)
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With a little detective work it's pretty easy to determine that this image was taken from the western end of the Pont St Louis - see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;q=notre+dame&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;sll=48.85265,2.351887&amp;sspn=0.001518,0.003299&amp;rq=1&amp;ev=zi&amp;split=1&amp;radius=0.09&amp;hq=notre+dame&amp;hnear=&amp;ll=48.852694,2.352174&amp;spn=0.000665,0.003299&amp;z=19&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=48.852694,2.352174&amp;panoid=h9AHgFb5sOBfHQfHtIECVA&amp;cbp=11,289.77,,0,-14.74">maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=fire...</a> (and the cafe is still there, now the Brasserie Esméralda)
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/24469639@N00">whatsthatpicture</a> from Hanwell, London, UK
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatpicture/5688040955/">"Notre-Dame un Soir de Neige, Paris, 1953" Photo by Albert Monier.</a>