Saturday, 3 October 2026

Pedestrians on the Rue Mouffetard in 1951

Pedestrians on the Rue Mouffetard in 1951

Pedestrians on the Rue Mouffetard in 1951. Photo by Robert Doisneau.

The picture reminded me of a woman with a very small dog whom I met yesterday on Solyanka: the mistress was coaxing the little creature to stand on the ground on its own little legs rather than merely sit in her arms, but the dog would not stand and yapped piteously

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