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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Paris Market 1945

Everyday Life in Liberated Paris, France, Spring 1945.

French civilians buy potatoes and leeks from a small market stall, somewhere in Paris. According to the original caption "potatoes are rationed, the pile of leeks won't last long, there is very little else for sale".

Source: Imperial War Museum - Ministry of Information Second World War Official Collection.