[Letter and research notes written by W. Euguene Smith]

[Christian Dior sitting on a small wall with a woman at a country residence, Ile de France]

[Woman kissing Christian Dior with group at a country residence, Ile de France]

[Peoplein traditional clothes at the Basque Festival, Basque, France]

[People in traditional clothes at the Basque Festival, Basque, France]

[People looking out a window at night, Paris, France]

[Woman dining at the Restaurant Les Ambassadeurs at the Hôtel Crillon, Paris]

[View of the Eiffel Tower with a man standing in the fountain of the Jardins du Trocadéro in the foreground, Paris]

[Woman at a table of a Café drinking Coca Cola, Paris]

[People viewing Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower, Paris]

[Family on a tandem bicycle, Paris]

[Child standing against the pelota wall at the Basque festival near Biarritz, France]

[Childl standing against the pelota wall at the Basque festival near Biarritz, France]

[Men dancing traditional dances in a public square during the Basque Festival, Basque, France]

[Men dancing traditional dances in a public square during the Basque Festival, Basque, France]

[Guests playing Pass The Orange game at the Biarritz Casino, Biarritz, France]

[Women dining at the Restaurant Les Ambassadeurs at the Hôtel Crillon with waiters, Paris]

[Priest in front of a microphone celebrating Catholic mass in church during the Basque Festival, Basque, France]

[Woman and child on the beach, Biarritz, France]

[Woman and child on the beach, Biarritz, France]

[Artists in the Place du Tertre, Paris]

[Artists in the Place du Tertre, Paris]

[Men dancing during the Basque Festival, Basque, France]