1871 Collection (page 16)

French Money Crisis
A scarcity of small change sets off a financial panic in France : would-be gold buyers on the steps of the Paris bourse

Communards Emprisoned
Incarcerated in the Fort d Enet, in the harbour of the Ile d Aix, convicted Communards gaze out and contemplate the chances of escape...are incarcerated

Communard Prisoners
Communard prisoners on the vessel Marne, in Brest harbour

Commune Damage 3
Destruction at the Porte Maillot - collapse of the railway tunnel as a result of the bombardment

General Commandant
Citizen La Cecilia, general commandant

The Forlorn Hope
A Communard soldier in the last days of the Commune, when its collapse is imminent

Thiers House Occupied
The home of Thiers, who has fled to Versailles, is occupied by the Communards

Delegate Citizen
Delegates include representatives of the civilian population

Massive Barricade 2
The massive barricade constructed at the junction of the rue de Rivoli with the place de la Concorde

Commune Damage 2
Paris streets after the Commune : the Palais Royal after the fire

Officer of Marines
Citizen Durassier, officer of marines, in command of the gunboats on the Seine

Fugitives Arrested
Parisians seeking to escape from Paris are arrested by Gardes Nationaux at the Gare de l Est

GUNBOATS
The Communards navy - gunboats moored at the Barrage de la Monnaie

Commune Damage 11
Many bridges into Paris are destroyed by the Communards to hamper the recapture of the city by government forces : all that is left of the pont de Champigny

Commune Damage 13
Destruction of the palais des Tuileries

Commune Damage 16
Destruction in the rue Royale

The Last Barricade 2
The final stand of the Communards - defending the last barricade against the government forces in the rue du Four-St-Germain

Masonic Banners
During the Paris Commune, Masonic banners are raised by the Communards at Porte Maillot, as a gesture of defiance against the Church

Arsenal Delegate
Citizen Assi, Delegue aux Munitions de la Guerre, whose job it is to keep the fighting men supplied with ammunition

Cafe Delegate
One of the civilian delegates to the Commune is a waitress at the Cafe de Madrid. Date: March-May 1871

A Veteran Insurgent
A veteran of the revolution of 1848

LA Colonelle
A female colonel in the Communard army

Prefect Raoul Rigaud
Raoul Rigaud, prefect of police

A Delegate Travels
Delegates travelled from one part of Paris to another with a large protective escort

Police Agent Drowned
A police agent is set upon by the mob and drowned in the Seine

Artilleryman
An artilleryman

Commune Damage 12
The Theatre Saint-Martin is a victim of the Commune

Elections Versailles
In the wake of the Commune, the French elections are hotly disputed : the scene outside the Palais de Justice at Versailles

Massive Barricade 3
The massive barricade constructed at the junction of the rue de Rivoli with the place de la Concorde

Barricade Stormed
During the last days of the Commune, Communards are forced to abandon their barricade in the Chaussee d Antin, among the big department stores

Manning Barricades
Manning a barricade during the battle for the Commune

Committee Member
A member of the general committee of the Commune : like all Communard officials, his uniform includes a lot of red

Commune Damage 1
Paris streets after the Commune : the junction of the rue Royale and the Faubourg Saint-Honore

Commune Damage 17
Destruction in the rue du Bac, on the rive gauche

Ward in the Hampstead small pox hospital
The Hampstead hospital was one of the four fever and small pox hospitals in London. The building was erected in 1870 to cope with the small pox epidemic

Weapons Destroyed
Government troops destroy weapons seized from the Communards

A CASUALTY
A casualty of the fighting

Escaping by Water
Some residents flee from Paris to Versailles by boat on the river Seine

Communards Take Bus
Communards commandeer a horse bus to carry them back from the fighting

Communard Casualty
A Communard casualty and his family

News from Paris
At the poste restante at Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, letters from the city bring news, mostly gloomy

Red Flag on Pantheon
The Communards raise the red flag of communism on the Pantheon

Meeting in Church
The Communards are no respecters of the Church : a communist club holds its meetings in the eglise Saint- Eustache, near les Halles

Place De LA Concorde
Damaged fountain in the place de la Concorde

Guns of Montmartre
The guns of Montmartre : Thiers orders government troops to make sure of them, but the Communards get there first and capture them

Tuileries Burn
Twelve Communards, led by Dardelle, set the Tuileries on fire with a mixture of petrol, liquid tar and turpentine : it will burn for two days and be utterly destroyed

Troops Expected
Paris residents watching for the arrival of government troops

Hotel De Ville Burns
In the early morning of 24 May the Hotel de Ville, perceived as a symbol of government oppression, is fired by the Communards

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