Most pictures of Paris just show parts of the main, old city. But if you are there you cannot help but see the skyscrapers of a modern city in the not so far off distance.
Eiffel tower and the skyscrapers of the financial district, Paris
Paris Expo, 1880s
French soldiers with a basket of hand grenade like explosives being fired with a crossbow at German soldiers, WWI)
I love the “basket of bombs”, such a quaint use of wicker.
Shirtless Soldiers
US Sailors doing exercises in the nude on the deck of an aircraft carrier, WWII
Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth serving troops at the Hollywood Canteen, WWII
Women in the work force in the US during WWII while the boys were overseas
Saying farewell to soldiers, WWII
MATTHEW'S ISLAND 