Lucien Aigner, 1930s, This is exactly what people imagine the Bohemian customers of an artists' café look like. A couple of late guest[s] at the Dome Café on Montparnasse. The gentleman with the disheveled hair is especially true to type., [Paris Cafés: Landmarks of Paris Life], Gelatin silver print, 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43202

Lucien Aigner, 1930s, Monsieur seems bored. Candid shot of late hour patrons at a Montparnasse café., [Paris Cafés: Landmarks of Paris Life], Gelatin silver print, 6 3/4 x 9 1/8 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43203

Lucien Aigner, 1930s, A crowd of patrons at a Montparnasse café., [Paris Cafés: Landmarks of Paris Life], Gelatin silver print, 6 11/16 x 9 1/4 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43204

Lucien Aigner, 1938 (Photo story published), Parisians, like all French people, are fond of kissing each other. They do it openly and without restraint in all parts of the city, and nobody minds., [Paris: City of Kisses], Gelatin silver print, 6 3/4 x 9 3/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43205

Lucien Aigner, 1938 (Photo story published), 'Thanks ever so much for the nice ride.' And before climbing down from her pillion [passenger] seat, she gives her friend a hearty kiss., [Paris: City of Kisses], Gelatin silver print, 6 7/8 x 9 3/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43206

Lucien Aigner, 1938 (Photo story published), A French soldier is not too proud to kiss his girl in public, even when he is wearing his uniform., [Paris: City of Kisses], Gelatin silver print, 6 5/8 x 9 3/8 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43207

Lucien Aigner, 1938 (Photo story published), A Paris side street as it lives in the imagination of movie directors and romantic people: the little hotel entrance, the gas lamp in the corner, and an embracing couple., [Paris: City of Kisses], Gelatin silver print, 8 1/4 x 6 7/8 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43208

Lucien Aigner, 1932 (or earlier), Sorry, the camera was too small to get the whole figure of a prominent member of The Fat Men's Club on one print., [Le Club des Cent Kilos], Gelatin silver print, 9 7/8 x 7 5/8 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43209

Lucien Aigner, 1932 (or earlier), Some of the member[s] of the 'Des Cent Kilos' (The Fat Men's Club) leaving for a Sunday party on their peculiar bicycles., [Le Club des Cent Kilos], Gelatin silver print, 6 15/16 x 9 3/4 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43210

Lucien Aigner, 1932 (or earlier), He has to pay twice as much for a suit, but he is proud to be a member of The Fat Men's Club., [Le Club des Cent Kilos], Gelatin silver print, 6 15/16 x 9 3/4 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43211

Lucien Aigner, 1932 (or earlier), Some of the members leaving for a Sunday party., [Le Club des Cent Kilos], Gelatin silver print, 6 7/8 x 9 15/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43212

Lucien Aigner, 1930s, A throng of elegantly dressed men and women snapped by the photographer. Many fur coats were worn because of the rainy weather., [Night Races at Longchamps, a Gala Event of Paris Society], Gelatin silver print, 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43213

Lucien Aigner, 1930s, A prominent visitor from London, Mr. Selfridge (white hair, pince-nez). To his left is Mme. Trebor, in the background the Paris banker Lazard and Miss Marcelle Roger, to the right of Mr. Selfridge is Mme. Lazard., [Night Races at Longchamps, a Gala Event of Paris Society], Gelatin silver print, 4 11/16 x 7 1/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43214

Lucien Aigner, 1930s, The well known French actress Suzy Prim counting her money. We hope she won., [Night Races at Longchamps, a Gala Event of Paris Society], Gelatin silver print, 4 11/16 x 7 1/8 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43215

Lucien Aigner, 1930s, Multimillionaire [Raymond] Patenâtre, who is married to an American [and is] Minister of Economics in the Daladier Government, discussing odds with a friend., [Night Races at Longchamps, a Gala Event of Paris Society], Gelatin silver print, 4 11/16 x 7 1/8 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43216

Lucien Aigner, 1939 (published), A member of the Republican Guard delivering an important message at the Foreign Office, maybe a communication from the Prime Minister or another colleague of M. Georges Bonnet. At right are bags with diplomatic mail., [Quai d'Orsay (Inside the French Foreign Office)], Gelatin silver print, 6 13/16 x 8 7/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43217

Lucien Aigner, 1939 (published), The offices are closed, but the two leading men at the Quai d'Orsay still have a last minute conference…, [Quai d'Orsay (Inside the French Foreign Office)], Gelatin silver print, 6 7/8 x 9 3/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43218

Lucien Aigner, 1939 (published), M. [Robert] Coulondre, French ambassador to Germany, calls at the Quai d'Orsay. 'You will find me at M. [Jules] Henri's office should the Minister want me,' he is telling attendants. M. Henri was then 'Chief of Cabinet' at the Quai d'Orsay., [Quai d'Orsay (Inside the French Foreign Office)], Gelatin silver print, 6 13/16 x 9 3/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43219

Lucien Aigner, 1939 (published), Two high officials of the French diplomatic service. M. Aimé Leroy, formerly confidential adviser to Aristide Briand and now Minister to Lisbon (left) with M. [Pierre] Bressy, Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet's 'Chief of Cabinet'., [Quai d'Orsay (Inside the French Foreign Office)], Gelatin silver print, 9 1/4 x 6 13/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43220

Lucien Aigner, 1934 (published), A bit of exercise to get used to the masks., [Paris Protects its Inhabitants Against Gas Attacks], Gelatin silver print, 7 1/16 x 5 1/8 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43221

Lucien Aigner, 1934 (published), Trying out the effect of gas in a Paris apartment house., [Paris Protects its Inhabitants Against Gas Attacks], Gelatin silver print, 7 3/16 x 9 11/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43222

Lucien Aigner, 1934 (published), Next to the tubes of aspirin and digestive aids, the first gas masks have made their appearance in the windows of Parisian pharmacies., [Paris Protects its Inhabitants Against Gas Attacks], Gelatin silver print, 5 1/8 x 6 15/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43223

Lucien Aigner, 1934 (published), A sales[woman] in a drug store, where gas masks are sold, tries to praise the latest 'creations' in gas masks., [Paris Protects its Inhabitants Against Gas Attacks], Gelatin silver print, 7 9/16 x 9 7/8 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43224

Lucien Aigner, 1937 (published), This medical examination is not artifice. The majority of those being examined haven't seen a doctor in their lives., [Guests at Rikers Island Prison], Gelatin silver print, 6 5/8 x 9 1/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43225

Lucien Aigner, 1937 (published), The cells themselves resemble small, tidy hotel rooms, laid out with taste and a scrupulous pursuit of hygiene., [Guests at Rikers Island Prison], Gelatin silver print, 9 1/16 x 6 5/8 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43226

Lucien Aigner, 1937 (published), àNow groups of twenty to thirty prisoners file in silence by the barred gates. They make their way toward the reception roomsàIt's a series of rooms that are bright, but not at all pleasant., [Guests at Rikers Island Prison], Gelatin silver print, 6 1/2 x 4 7/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43227

Lucien Aigner, 1937 (published), Completely disrobed in the small, sparkling clinic, the new residents of Rikers Island await their medical exam., [Guests at Rikers Island Prison], Gelatin silver print, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43228

Lucien Aigner, 1936, The Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie arriving in Geneva to ask help from the League of Nations against Mussolini's Fascist invasion of Ethiopia, Gelatin silver print, modern, 9 1/8 x 13 9/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43229

Lucien Aigner, 1935, Mussolini at Stresa, Italy, Gelatin silver print, modern, 9 3/16 x 7 3/4 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43230

Lucien Aigner, 1936, Triumphant Léon Blum presenting his government program to the Socialist congress after the 1935 electoral victory of the leftist coalition, Paris, [We look in at France's first Socialist cabinet meeting], Gelatin silver print, 5 x 7 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43231

Lucien Aigner, 1935, The negotiators hard at work. [Pierre] Laval, [Anthony] Eden, [Franþois] Piétri (Naval Minister), [and Henri] Berenger (Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs), Quai d'Orsay, Paris, [Eden-Laval talks: discussing the Anglo-German naval agreement], Gelatin silver print, 4 9/16 x 7 1/16 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43232

Lucien Aigner, 1930s, Untitled, [Roulette at le Touquet Casino], Gelatin silver print, 4 3/4 x 7 1/8 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43233

Lucien Aigner, 1937, Mothers at the St. Cyr Military Academy graduation ceremonies, France, Gelatin silver print, modern, 8 3/4 x 13 1/4 ins, Courtesy of the Lucien Aigner Estate, LL/43234