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December 9, 2012
December 9, 2012
Artists, Dordogne River
Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic
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Artists paint on the banks of the Dordogne River near Beaulieu, France, in this circa 1923 autochrome image.
Jules Gervais Courtellemont was a writer, explorer, and publisher as well as a photographer. He shot for National Geographic from 1923 until his death in 1931.
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