Petit Journal Collection

An escaped chimpanzee, 1930. Creator: Unknown
An escaped chimpanzee, 1930. Un Singes Etait Evade. (A monkey escaped). A fireman climbs a ladder to try and catch an ape on a roof as a woman watches from a window

A tragic masked ball, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A tragic masked ball, 1930. Un Tragique Bal Masque. Guest in a burning bear costume. Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 30 March 1930]

Naval disarmament, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Naval disarmament, 1930. Le Desarmement Naval. King George V (1865-1936) welcomes delegates of the United States, Japan, France and Italy to the London Naval Conference

He was very thin, 1930. Creator: Unknown
He was very thin, 1930. Il Etait Tres Maigre. Skinny man escaping through the bars of the prison at Loos near Lille, France. Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

Signing of the accord between the Vatican and Italy, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Signing of the accord between the Vatican and Italy, 1929. L Accord Est Signe Entre Le Vatican Et L Italie. The Lateran Treaty, an agreement made between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See

Surpris Par Un Express, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Surprised by an express train, 1929. Surpris Par Un Express. A steam locomotive bears down on people taken unawares. Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 17 November 1929]

Englishwoman martyred by the Chinese, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Englishwoman martyred by the Chinese, 1930. Une Anglaise Martyrisee Par Des Chinois. A terrified woman is restrained as her fingers are cut off with a knife on a wooden block

Scenes in the Himalayas, 1931. Creator: Unknown
Scenes in the Himalayas, 1931. Paysages De L Himalaya. (Himalayan landscapes). Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 4 January 1931]

A drama in the tiger cage, 1931. Creator: Unknown
A drama in the tiger cage, 1931. Un Drame Dans La Cage Aux Tigres. A circus act goes wrong as tigers attack the tiger-tamer. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

Take me: I will bring you happiness, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Take me: I will bring you happiness, 1930. " Prenez-Moi: Je Vous Porterai Bonheur!". In Bordeaux, the proprietors of a villa find an abandoned baby on the doorstep

Constantinople, or the final greed of the Huns, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Constantinople, or the final greed of the Huns, 1915. Constantinople, Ou La Derniere Convoitise Du Boche. Oui!...mais il y a des baionnettes sur le chemin!

The heroism of the Cossacks, 1915. Creator: Unknown
The heroism of the Cossacks, 1915. L Heroisme Des Cosaques: Ils poursuivent la cavalerie allemande sur un pont en feu. Russian cossacks chase the Germany cavalry over a burning bridge in a scene

No, Alsace did not lie!, 1929. Creator: Unknown
No, Alsace did not lie!, 1929. Non, l Alsace n a Pas Menti!. Fellow politicians congratulate President of the French Republic Raymond Poincare after his moving speech on the Alsace question

A vehicle falls into the River Isere after an accident, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A vehicle falls into the River Isere after an accident, 1930. A La Suite d une Collision, un Autocar Roule Dans l Isere. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 31 August 1930]

The assassination of President Paul Doumer, 1932. Creator: Unknown
The assassination of President Paul Doumer, 1932. Reconstitution de l abominable attentat perpetre le 6 Mai 1932 contre M. le President Paul Doumer

A ballooning accident, 1932. Creator: Unknown
A ballooning accident, 1932. Un Accident en Ballon. A Monsieur Debaisieux and two companions were injured when their hot air balloon crashed into the roof of police headquarters in Lille, France

Paul Doumer, President of the French Republic, assassinated on 6 May 1932. Creator: Unknown
Paul Doumer, President of the French Republic, assassinated on 6 May 1932. Monsieur Paul Doumer, President de la Republique Francaise, assassine le 6 Mai 1932

An audacious burglary, 1932. Creator: Unknown
An audacious burglary, 1932. Un Audacieux Cambriolage. Masked robbers make a daring raid on a Paris bank in broad daylight, breaking into the safe

Twenty elephants in the flames, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Twenty elephants in the flames, 1932. Vingt Elephants dans les Flammes. A fire at a menagerie in Antwerp, Belgium. Front cover of " L Illustre du Petit Journal". [France, 1932]

An attack in Tokyo, 1932. Creator: Unknown
An attack in Tokyo, 1932. Un Attentat a Tokio. The Sakuradamon Incident on 9 January 1932 was an assassination attempt by a Korean independence activist, Lee Bong-chang (1900-1932)

Shocking robbery by bandits in New York, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Shocking robbery by bandits in New York, 1932. Une Stupefiante Agression des Bandits de New-York. Rich society couple Mr and Mrs Olemberg are tied up and robbed in New York, USA

Tragedy at the bottom of a well, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Tragedy at the bottom of a well, 1932. Une Tragedie au Fond d un Puits. A well-digger was trapped in a landslide while drilling

A dramatic abduction, 1932. Creator: Unknown
A dramatic abduction, 1932. Un Enlevement Dramatique. Police stop a kidnapping attempt on Georges Agabekov (1896-1938), chief of the OGPU Near Eastern Section, in a street of Constanta, Romania

The horrible death of two electrians, 1929. Creator: Unknown
The horrible death of two electrians, 1929. L Horrible Mort de Deux Electriciens. Lift engineers are crushed to death in an industrial accident. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

Costes and Bellonte beat the flying distance record, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Costes and Bellonte beat the flying distance record, 1929. Costes et Bellonte Battent Record de Distance en Avion. French aviators Dieudonne Costes (1892-1973) and Maurice Bellonte (1896-1983)

Firedamp explosion, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Firedamp explosion, 1932. Coup de Grisou. On 9 December 1932, 7 miners were killed in an explosion at Cortonwood Colliery in South Yorkshire. An 8th man died later

An appalling cataclysm, 1932. Creator: Unknown
An appalling cataclysm, 1932. Un Epouvantable Cataclysme. Buildings are torn apart and people are killed and injured during the destruction of Saint-Denis de la Reunion

The disaster of the Promethee, 1932. Creator: Unknown
The disaster of the " Promethee", 1932. La Catastrophe du " Promethee". The French Navy submarine Promethee (Prometheus) sank suddenly off the coast of Normandy on 7 July 1932

Will he make gold?, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Will he make gold?, 1932. Fabriquera-t-il de l or?. Engineer Zbigniew Dunikowski claimed to be in possession of a secret formula which allowed him to obtain gold from ordinary sand and rocks

The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. Creator: Unknown
The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. L Heroique Ascension du Professeur Piccard. Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) built a balloon with an airtight cabin

Flooding in southern France, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Flooding in southern France, 1932. Les Inondations du Midi. People fleeing as debris carried by floodwaters looms towards them. Front cover of " L Illustre du Petit Journal"

Tragic exodus, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Tragic exodus, 1932. Exode Tragique. Chinese civilians fleeing Shanghai under Japanese bombing attacks. Front cover of " L Illustre du Petit Journal". [France, 14 February 1932]

Catching geese with a fishing rod, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Catching geese with a fishing rod, 1929. Faute De Mieux, Ils Pechent Des Oies. (For lack of anything better, they fish for geese). Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

French troops leaving the second Rhine zone, 1929. Creator: Unknown
French troops leaving the second Rhine zone, 1929. Les Troupes Francaises Evacuent La Seconde Zone Rhenane. The French Army of the Rhine leaves the region of the Rhine river in Germany which they had

Andre Tardieu replies to questions, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Andre Tardieu replies to questions, 1929. Monsieur Andre Tardieu (1876-1945) the French prime minister, answers questions after the reading of the ministerial declaration

In Haiti, the Americans let gunpowder do the talking, 1929. Creator: Unknown
In Haiti, the Americans let gunpowder do the talking, 1929. A Haiti, les Americains Font Parler la Poudre. (In Haiti, the Americans let gunpowder do the talking)

A ship catches fire in the Red Sea, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A ship catches fire in the Red Sea, 1930. Un Paquebot Prend Feu Dans La Mer Rouge. Rescuers pull survivors from the water as a ship burns

A magnificent act of heroism, 1929. Creator: Unknown
A magnificent act of heroism, 1929. Un Magnifique Acte d Heroisme. A man with a rope swims towards a ship foundering in rough seas. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

In the land of the Soviets, 1930. Creator: Unknown
In the land of the Soviets, 1930. Au Pays Des Soviets. By order of the government, religious buildings are systematically destroyed

Mysterious affair in Beziers, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Mysterious affair in Beziers, 1930. La Mysterieuse Affaire De Beziers. Dr Laget, accused of attempting to poison his sister, is brought face-to-face with her

Start of the African hunting season, 1931. Creator: Unknown
Start of the African hunting season, 1931. En Afrique, Aussi, La Chasse Est Ouverte. Elephants, ostriches, and big game hunters with a dead lion. Below is a covered wagon

Investigation into the Trait d Union II, 1931. Creator: Unknown
Investigation into the " Trait d Union II", 1931. L Enquete Sur Le Trait-D Union II. In September 1931, French aviators Joseph Le Brix

The misfortune of being too fat, 1931. Creator: Unknown
The misfortune of being too fat, 1931. La Malchance D Etre Trop Gros. Escaping convicts attempt to pull their portly comrade through the sawn bars of a prison cell window

Police raid on an illicit distillery, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Police raid on an illicit distillery, 1930. La Police Fait Irruption Dans Une Distillerie Clandestine. Officers arrest men at an illegal alcohol distilling operation in Lille, France

Two policemen save a family, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Two policemen save a family, 1930. Deux Gendarmes Sauvent Une Famille. French policemen rescue a family and their horse from floods. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

Barrel-rolling championship, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Barrel-rolling championship, 1930. Le Championnat Des Rouleurs De Tonneaux. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 3 August 1930]

Italy is in mourning, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Italy is in mourning, 1930. L Italie Est En Deuil. Soldiers and fascist Blackshirts help in the rescue and recovery effort in the aftermath of a serious earthquake

A marriage in swimwear, 1929. Creator: Unknown
A marriage in swimwear, 1929. Un Mariage En Costume De Bain. Bride, groom and guests wearing bathing costumes at a French marriage ceremony in the town hall

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