Carbon Arc Street Lights of London and Paris The carbon arc street lights in the photographs below were taken by W. M. Van Der Weyde, for Century magazine's Christmas edition, the December 1913 issue. The eight photographs (our tinting) followed the magazine's heading: "London and Paris After Dark." Van Der Weyde took the first six in London and the last two in Paris. World War I broke out the following year, and until its end in 1918, these arc lights were naturally extinguished to protect the cities from German bombardment. Victoria Embankment Trafalgar Square The Obelisk Morley's Hotel Albert Embankment Westminster Abbey A Cafe on the Boulevards The Gargoyle Notre Dame Note: The exposure time for these photographs was 15 minutes, and the people and gargoyle in them posed for that period of time. |