Affluences in Europe: with the new wave of prosperity, trade or luxury items flourish. Record sales are soaring, despite their relatively high price. This big store on the Champs Elysees is open seven days a week, late into the night, and is crowded with customers all the time, Paris, 1961

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Affluences in Europe: with the new wave of prosperity, trade or luxury items flourish. Record sales are soaring, despite their relatively high price. This big store on the Champs Elysees is open seven days a week, late into the night, and is crowded with customers all the time, Paris, 1961
Affluences in Europe: with the new wave of prosperity, trade or luxury items flourish. Record sales are soaring, despite their relatively high price. This big store on the Champs Elysees is open seven days a week, late into the night, and is crowded with customers all the time, Paris, 1961
Artist/Maker (Austrian, 1923 – 2018)
Date1961
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 6 5/8 × 10 in. (16.8 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 5/8 × 10 in. (16.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.238
Not on view
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
From the collection of Charles-Henri Favrod, the founding director of the Musée de l'Elysée de la Photographie in Lausanne, Switzerland
Markings Verso, center, (label adhered to back): "[42-19 WIth the new wave of prosperity, trade or luxury items fluorishes. / Record sales are soaring, despite the relatively high price. / This big store on the Champ Elysees is open seven days a week, late / into the night, and is crowded with customers all the time."
Verso, lower left (stamped): "[© Erich Lessing- magnum]"
Verso, lower right, (stamped): "[illegible]"
Published References Magnum image reference PAR445718
Inscribed Verso, upper center: "FCCF 26847"
Verso, left corner: "EL-F-31" and "3500"
Verso, center: "G1-18-42 /19"
An electronic microscope takes photos of the pistol barrel. Items are microscopically tested to show indentations and markings found on the weapon and on the bullet, NYC
An electronic microscope takes photos of the pistol barrel. Items are microscopically tested to show indentations and markings found on the weapon and on the bullet, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1975
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.155
Restaurant interior with customers seated in front of mural
Restaurant interior with customers seated in front of mural
Fritz Henle
Date: c. 1950
Medium: Gelatin silver print flush-mounted to a later board
Object number: 2020.9.129
Photo by Dave Revette.
Nudist Customers at Bank, Côte d'Azur, France
Leonard Freed
Date: 1980
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.5
Austrian Conductor Herbert Von Karajan rehearses a scene of Beethoven's Fidelio, Salzburg Music Festival
Austrian Conductor Herbert Von Karajan rehearses a scene of Beethoven's Fidelio, Salzburg Music Festival
Erich Lessing
Date: 1957
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.235
Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, sitting on stage
Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, sitting on stage
Erich Lessing
Date: 1957
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.236
Austrian Conductor Herbert von Karajan Rehearsing for the Lucerne Festival, Berlin
Austrian Conductor Herbert von Karajan Rehearsing for the Lucerne Festival, Berlin
Erich Lessing
Date: 1957
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.237
Old woman sitting on bench, Germany, 1958
Old woman sitting on bench, Germany, 1958
Erich Lessing
Date: 1958
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.239
Werkelmann, a barrel organ player, West Berlin, 1958
Werkelmann, a barrel organ player, West Berlin, 1958
Erich Lessing
Date: 1958
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.240
Helmeted police at roadblock at 147th Street and Wood, one of several set up to prevent outsiders and troublemakers from entering the riot-torn community of Dixmoor, Illinois. All stores in the community have agreed to close their doors at 6 p.m. and the sales of liquor and firearms in the area have been halted
Helmeted police at roadblock at 147th Street and Wood, one of several set up to prevent outsiders and troublemakers from entering the riot-torn community of Dixmoor, Illinois. All stores in the community have agreed to close their doors at 6 p.m. and the sales of liquor and firearms in the area have been halted
Date: August 18, 1964
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.270
A South Vietnamese soldier guided civilians from areas of street fighting in Southern Da Nang to the relatively safe rear. The homes of the people pictured in Hoa Vang village had been occupied by North Vietnamese troops
A South Vietnamese soldier guided civilians from areas of street fighting in Southern Da Nang to the relatively safe rear. The homes of the people pictured in Hoa Vang village had been occupied by North Vietnamese troops
Unknown artist
Date: November 1968
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto with applied pigment
Object number: 2022.15.290
United States marines watched while Vietnamese farmers, using the traditional hand operated equipment, worked in an irrigation ditch of a rice paddy in the Hieu Duc district. The farmers continue to pursue chores despite increasing pressure from the Viet Cong
United States marines watched while Vietnamese farmers, using the traditional hand operated equipment, worked in an irrigation ditch of a rice paddy in the Hieu Duc district. The farmers continue to pursue chores despite increasing pressure from the Viet Cong
Unknown artist
Date: April 1969
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.182
Photo by John Bentham.
His Record - Once More In It
Thomas Nast
Date: 1892
Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 1944.1.69