Le Petit Journal, a Paris daily newspaper (1863-1944), enjoyed close to a million copies in circulation at the height of its popularity in the 1890s. Here are a selection of covers from 1891–1893.
The thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...