Place de l'Opéra, Rue de la Paix and Colonne Vendôme, Paris, circa 1930

Subjects: Automobiles Monuments & Memorials Street Scenes
Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Place de l'Opéra, Rue de la Paix and Colonne Vendôme, Paris, circa 1930, c. 1915 printed photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

The card reproduces a busy black-and-white view from the Place de l'Opéra down the Rue de la Paix toward the Colonne Vendôme, with automobiles, pedestrians, awnings, and shop signs lining the street. The caption identifies the scene as "La Place de l'Opéra, la Rue de la Paix et la Colonne Vendôme." The Rue de la Paix is a celebrated shopping street linking the Palais Garnier area to Place Vendôme, whose Napoleonic column, modeled on Trajan's Column and cast from captured cannon, stands at the far end of the view.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Keefe Jacob — arrived safely after a stormy trip etc. wasn't sick a minute + had a grand time. Instead of spending it [illegible] seeing Paris x battlefields, at expense of the French [illegible] man Saw many famous places [illegible] architecturally very quaint + every thing so very old, grand of in [illegible] [illegible] having an awful time until my 5 6 [illegible] vocabulary dealing with my friends [illegible] Xo! [illegible] and good [illegible] From [illegible] to [illegible] general, [illegible] most[illegible] Claire P.

PostmarkedParis, France, Paris

Addressed to

Mr & Mrs. R. R. Schlaag

1735 No. 58th St, Milwaukee, WI

Postcard record

Postmarked	Paris, France, Paris
Publisher	Editions d'Art Jan
Series	61
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mr & Mrs. R. R. Schlaag, 1735 No. 58th St, Milwaukee, WI
Place depicted	Paris
Place depicted	Place de l'Opéra, Paris
Place depicted	Rue de la Paix, Paris
Place depicted	Colonne Vendôme, Paris
Stamp	1f France, orange
Notes	White border; black-and-white photographic image; printed caption and "Jap" signature at lower left. Postmark: PARIS [illegible] VILLE. French "CARTE POSTALE" divided back with 1Fr stamp; inked "3/16" at bottom; light edge wear.

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Place de l'Opéra, Rue de la Paix and Colonne Vendôme, Paris, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/place-de-lop-ra-rue-de-la-paix-and-colonne-vend-me-paris-cir. Accessed October 25, 2026.