On the Champs de Mars, Paul at age 5 1/2, June 1912
Photograph
June 1912 (made)
June 1912 (made)
| Place of origin |
An enthusiasm for cars and photography is evident throughout this set of French family albums. As a five-year-old, the son Paul poses repeatedly with a toy car in a Parisian park. As an adult, Paul and his friends playfully enact car-related scenes for the camera, including feigning a road fatality. In the final photograph in this selection, the fascination with cars has apparently passed to a new generation.
Object details
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| Title | On the Champs de Mars, Paul at age 5 1/2, June 1912 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Collodion chloride print |
| Brief description | Photograph by unknown photographer, 'On the Champs de Mars, Paul at age 5 1/2, June 1912', 1912, collodion chloride print |
| Physical description | Photograph of a young boy playing with a toy car. There are bushes and trees in the background. |
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| Gallery label | These three albums were meticulously assembled by a French family in the first half of the 20th century. The family’s surname has not been identified, but evidently, they were well-off and had a passion for photographing motor cars. As a five-year-old, the son Paul plays with a toy car in a Parisian park. As an adult, he and his friends playfully enact car-related scenes for the camera. Cars and their proud owners feature prominently throughout the albums, a nod to the automobile craze happening around this time(May 2023) |
| Summary | An enthusiasm for cars and photography is evident throughout this set of French family albums. As a five-year-old, the son Paul poses repeatedly with a toy car in a Parisian park. As an adult, Paul and his friends playfully enact car-related scenes for the camera, including feigning a road fatality. In the final photograph in this selection, the fascination with cars has apparently passed to a new generation. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.783:225-2002 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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