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During the Great Paris Flood of 1910 wooden walkways (you might want to enlarge this vintage postcard image for an even closer look) were set up by the government. The water flooded the basements of the Louvre. The water rushed through the newly built métro (subway) system. About 1 million people were displaced from their homes!
The Latin motto of Paris is, 'Fluctuat nec Megitur - She is tossed by the waves, but is not sunk' The city of lights certainly proved it in 1910!
I have 116 cards from this flood in my CPAPHIL.com shop! Come browse through history!
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The Great Paris Flood of 1910 Vintage Postcard
Posted by Marie Reed at 9:02 AM
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14 cool cats commented:
Hi! nice to meet you. Had a laugh at your Wella ad. I remember it well, used to love the smell! Thanks :)
I saw your Facebook status comment and wanted to come and have a look at the postcard. How interesting and quirky!
What an awesome blog...!!!! very.. very.. excited....
That's such a cool card. Stopped in from SITS!
Neat ... now explain how you link the topic in your post to the Facebook account?
Hi Marie, yes the flue did bite me, but I am up and running again!
Thanks for your comment.. :)
Paris flooded? It's always something, isn't it?
Amazing post card. I didn't realize there was so much destruction of Paris in that flood.
My goodness, that must have been terrible for those folks! I hope that things have been done so that Paris will never flood again. You can't fight water (I know, I grew up near the ocean in Titusville, Florida). I'll have to check the other postcards too. :o) ♥ ∞
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Amazing postcard! I didn't know that Paris had extreme flooding in the past - those walkways look awfully high!
I was a kid in Paris when they had less severe flooding. 54 or 55, I think. The Seine was really high.
We had major flooding here a couple of years ago. People even drove motorboats on one street with water skiers behind.
Love looking at your site! Wow! Terrific gallery of history.
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