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In Photos: The Ritz Paris from 1904 to Today

Town & Country

June 7, 2016 at 6:16 PM

In Photos: The Ritz Paris from 1904 to Today

Carriages lined up outside the hotel in 1904

The Vendôme column, completed in 1810, stands in front of the hotel and the Ministry of Justice, at left, in the 1920s

A full house at the restaurant in 1920

Ladies meet for tea in the hotel garden in 1930

Legendary bartender Frank Meier holds court with his staff in 1930

British pilots Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison stand on a balcony in 1932

Coco Chanel poses on a balcony in 1937

The Duke of Windsor leaves the Ritz with his wife in 1946

Cooks in the kitchen in 1948

Receptionists at the hotel's front desk in 1948

The hotel's lounge in 1957

A view of the Place Vendôme from the hotel

Bellhops stand at attention

A sea of hats at the Terrasse restaurant

Coco Chanel in her apartment, circa 1960

The hotel's "grand escalier"

The Imperial Suite, pictured here in 1960

Charles Ritz stands outside his family's hotel in 1972

Mohamed Al-Fayed, the hotel's owner, poses there circa 1995

Bartender Colin Field in the hotel's Hemingway Bar in 1996

L'Espadon's wild duck roasted with caramelized figs and green grapes, photographed in 2001

L'Espadon had two Michelin stars before the hotel closed for its renovation in 2012

A couple with a dog stand outside the hotel in 2007

Katie Holmes leaves the hotel after the Chanel show during Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2007

Waiters set the tables in the hotel restaurant L'Espadon in 2009

The hotel's Coco Chanel suite

Milla Jovovich attends the Versace Haute Couture show as part of Paris Fashion Week in 2012

Some of the ornate decor at the palatial property

A fire in January 2016 delayed the hotel's reopening.

A new era began when the Ritz reopened on June 6, 2016.

A look at the favorite hotel of Hemingway and Chanel through the years.

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