Commune Collection (page 10)

Manhunt in Catacombs
Government troops hunt for Communards hiding in the Catacombs of Paris

Government Troops Enter
Government troops of the 26th regiment swarm into Paris by the Porte Saint-Cloud

Fighting Rue Rivoli
Street fighting in the rue de Rivoli between Communards and government forces

Communard Suspects
Captured suspects are examined for powder marks on their hands which would imply that they have been active in the fighting

Selling Poultry
Selling poultry at Palais- Royal

Excitement at Bordeaux
Excitement in Bordeaux at the news from Paris

Bishop Abdicates
Gobel, bishop of Paris, and 13 of his vicars abdicate at the request of the Commune : but this doesn t save him, he will be guillotined in April 1794

Agricultural Commune
Food distribution in an agricultural commune: women and bare-footed children queue for milk

Napoleon Statue
The statue of Napoleon I which crowned the column in the Place Vendome, Paris, until the Commune when it was pulled down by the Communards

Georges Darboy
GEORGES DARBOY Archbishop of Paris, murdered during the Commune

Commune / Street Fighting
Fighting at a barricade in the Rue de Rivoli

Paris Ablaze / 1871
Paris ablaze

Commune / Petroleuses 1871
A pair of petroleuses, Parisian women who set fire to buildings in the city to protect the barricades from snipers and cover the Communes retreat

China / Commune & Flag
An industrious commune is rewarded with a flag

Commune / Woman Directing
A woman takes charge of the guns during the defence of the Commune in the Place Taranne

AIRSHIP REPUBLIQUE
After an accident, the airship has to make a forced landing at Pollcards, in the commune of Jussy-le-Chaudrier (Cher)

Palais Royal Ablaze
The burning of the Palais Royal, Paris, severely damaged by the Communards

Hotel De LA Ville
The burning of the Hotel de la Ville, Paris, destroyed by the Communards as they are forced to abandon their designated headquarters in the face of advancing government troops

Villette Docks Burn
The Docks de la Villette, Paris, are set alight by the Communards during the fighting

Vendome Column Down
The Colonne de la Place Vendome, Paris, surmounted with a statue of Napoleon, is pulled down by the Communards

After the Commune
After the recapture of Paris by the government, firemen extinguish the fires while a photographer seeks to record the scene for posterity. The residents can only grieve

France / Paris / Tuileries P
Ruins of the vestibule of Tuileries. The damage was sustained during the Commune

Paris / Aerial View 1871
aerial view just before the Commune; the caption states that the facade of the Tuileries Palace, in the fore- ground, has just been reported destroyed

Communards desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary
In a Paris church, shameless communards desecrate a statue of the Virgin Mary

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