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Commune Collection

Background imageCommune Collection: Vina del Mar, Chile - Panorama of Miramar

Vina del Mar, Chile - Panorama of Miramar
Panoramic view of the Miramar beach area of Via del Mar (Spanish for Vineyard of the Sea ), also known locally as La Ciudad Jardin (Spanish for The Garden City)

Background imageCommune Collection: Commune Barricade

Commune Barricade
To the death ! Communards make a desperate sortie from behind a barricade in the rue Saint-Martin, Paris

Background imageCommune Collection: Kabyle Village of Taourirt - Northern Algeria

Kabyle Village of Taourirt - Northern Algeria in the Bouira Province - The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCommune Collection: Jolly Bathing girl on the beach at Giulianova, Italy

Jolly Bathing girl on the beach at Giulianova, Italy
A jolly bathing girl standing atop a lightweight oared catamaran on the beach at Giulianova, a coastal town and commune in the province of Teramo of central Italy. Date: circa late 1930s

Background imageCommune Collection: Raoul Rigault

Raoul Rigault
RAOUL RIGAULT French radical, prominent in the Paris Commune until he was shot by soldiers in the street, crying Vive la Commune ! Date: 1846 - 1871

Background imageCommune Collection: Saint-Juvin, France

Saint-Juvin, France
Saint-Juvin - a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. Sent back to Germany, possibly by a German soldier on active service in France during WW1

Background imageCommune Collection: Sherwood Foresters Memorial, Passchendaele Museum

Sherwood Foresters Memorial, Passchendaele Museum
The memorial is on the outside wall of the Museum and was presented to the Commune of Zonnebeke (in which the Museum lies)

Background imageCommune Collection: Abano Terme, Italy - Imposing entrace to the Ancient Springs

Abano Terme, Italy - Imposing entrace to the Ancient Springs
Abano Terme is a spa town and commune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy, on the eastern slope of the Colli Euganei

Background imageCommune Collection: Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistere, Brittany

Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistere, Brittany
Traditional local costume and house interior at Plougastel-Daoulas - a commune in the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageCommune Collection: Communards in Flight

Communards in Flight
In the final stages of the civil war, Communards abandon their barricade in the rue de Rennes as the government forces advance into the heart of Paris

Background imageCommune Collection: Commune / Raid on Dealers

Commune / Raid on Dealers
A raid on the provision dealers of Les Halles by hungry hoards during the Paris Commune Date: 1871

Background imageCommune Collection: Placing a bear in charge of the flock of sheep! Ax-les-Thermes - a commune in the

Placing a bear in charge of the flock of sheep! Ax-les-Thermes - a commune in the Arige department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCommune Collection: Veules-les-Roses - Playing tennis

Veules-les-Roses - Playing tennis
Veules-les-Roses, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France - Playing tennis. Date: circa 1906

Background imageCommune Collection: Place d'Armes - Salins-les-Bains (Salins), Eastern France

Place d'Armes - Salins-les-Bains (Salins), Eastern France
Place d'Armes (now Place des Allies et de la Resistance) - Salins-les-Bains (Salins), a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region, Eastern France. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageCommune Collection: Salins-les-Bains. Jura department, Eastern France

Salins-les-Bains. Jura department, Eastern France
Salins-les-Bains (Salins), a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region in Eastern France. View of the Town and the two fortified hills, Fort Belin and Fort Saint-Andre

Background imageCommune Collection: Lescun, Pyrenees-Atlantiques department, France

Lescun, Pyrenees-Atlantiques department, France
The village of Lescun, a commune in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department in south-western France - general view taken on the Barlatte trail. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageCommune Collection: Ault, Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France

Ault, Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France
Ault, a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. To the north of the town, the cliffs descend to the level of the beach at Onival. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageCommune Collection: The New Lighthouse at Onival. Somme, France

The New Lighthouse at Onival. Somme, France
Onival, a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageCommune Collection: Quesnoy-sur-Deule - commune in the Nord department, France

Quesnoy-sur-Deule - commune in the Nord department, France
Quesnoy-sur-Deule - The Railway Station - a commune in the Nord department in northern France, part of the Metropole Europeenne de Lille. Date: circa 1910

Background imageCommune Collection: Interior of the Casino at Enghien-les-Bains, France

Interior of the Casino at Enghien-les-Bains, France
Enghien-les-Bains, a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France - The Salle des Jeux (Games Room) at the Casino. Enghien-les-Bains is famous as a spa resort and a well-to-do suburb of Paris

Background imageCommune Collection: Ault - commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France

Ault - commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France
Ault, a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageCommune Collection: Beach at Onival, Ault, Somme department in Hauts-de-France

Beach at Onival, Ault, Somme department in Hauts-de-France
Ault, a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. To the north of the town, the cliffs descend to the level of the beach at Onival (pictured here). Date: circa 1930s

Background imageCommune Collection: Le Pont des Estourocs, Pleaux, Cantal, France

Le Pont des Estourocs, Pleaux, Cantal, France
Le Pont des Estourocs near Pleaux, a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCommune Collection: The Centre - Pleaux, Cantal, France

The Centre - Pleaux, Cantal, France
The Centre - Pleaux, a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCommune Collection: La Fontaine de l'Arbre, Pleaux, Cantal, France

La Fontaine de l'Arbre, Pleaux, Cantal, France
La Fontaine de l'Arbre (The Tree Fountain) at Pleaux, a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCommune Collection: Alexandre Delcommune - Belgian military and explorer

Alexandre Delcommune - Belgian military and explorer
Alexandre Delcommune (1855-1922). Belgian military and explorer, integrated in the Public Force of the Congo Free State. Portrait. Engraving

Background imageCommune Collection: Le Hameau De La Vacherie

Le Hameau De La Vacherie
A landscape oil painting of some buildings in a countryside setting, at La Vacherie, a commune in Normandy, northern France. Date: circa 1922

Background imageCommune Collection: At Cernay La Ville

At Cernay La Ville
A landscape oil painting of a distant village, set behind some grasslands of Cernay-la-Ville, a commune in central France. Date: circa 1919

Background imageCommune Collection: The Viaduct

The Viaduct
A painting of a large viaduct spanning across issy-les-Moulineaux, a commune in Paris, France, a steam train is chugging along the top. Date: circa 1917

Background imageCommune Collection: Montauban

Montauban
A painting of a fruit and vegetable stall within a market square at Montauban, a commune in southern France. Date: circa 1916

Background imageCommune Collection: La Riviere Quimperle

La Riviere Quimperle
This painting looks up the line of a canal, which goes under a small bridge in Quimperle, a commune in Brittany, north-western France. Date: circa 1915

Background imageCommune Collection: Fiesole

Fiesole
A landscape artwork of the town of Fiesole, a commune of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. Leonardo da Vinci was documented to have experimented with early flying models on the hills of

Background imageCommune Collection: Avenue, Harfleur

Avenue, Harfleur
An etching of an avenue in Harfleur, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. A man and woman stand, conversing on the left, with their dog

Background imageCommune Collection: Company awaiting relief near Ville-sur-Ancre

Company awaiting relief near Ville-sur-Ancre
A lithograph showing a company of soldiers in uniform waiting for relief, near Ville-sur-Ancre, a commune in France. Date: circa 1919

Background imageCommune Collection: Mont St Michel, Low Tide

Mont St Michel, Low Tide
An etching of Mont Saint Michel at low tide, a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. A statue of Archangel Michael sits atop the spire. Date: circa 1931

Background imageCommune Collection: Leo Frankel

Leo Frankel
Head and shoulders portrait of Leo Frankel, Hungarian born Marxist follower. After spells in Austria and Germany, he settled in Paris, where he was imprisoned for his political activities

Background imageCommune Collection: GUSTAVE COURBET, French artist

GUSTAVE COURBET, French artist
Gustave Courbet 1819 - 1877, innovative French artist of the Realist movement and member of the Paris Commune Date: 1871

Background imageCommune Collection: Searching a body; Paris Commune 1871

Searching a body; Paris Commune 1871
A soldier searching a corpse for coins to place over the dead man's eyes, during the Paris Commune

Background imageCommune Collection: Socialists fighting to the death; Paris Commune, 1871

Socialists fighting to the death; Paris Commune, 1871
Men and women of the Commune fighting, to the death, against troops of the National Guard, Paris. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war

Background imageCommune Collection: Fighting at the Barricades; Paris Commune 1871

Fighting at the Barricades; Paris Commune 1871
A bowed but resigned officer caught behind the lines, in effect Between two fires, during fighting between the French Army and the Paris Commune, 1871

Background imageCommune Collection: GENERAL-IN-CHIEF

GENERAL-IN-CHIEF
Jules Henri Marius Bergeret, general in chief : he will survive the Commune and die in New York in 1905. Date: March-May 1871

Background imageCommune Collection: MINISTER OF WAR

MINISTER OF WAR
Charles Delescluze, minister of war : a veteran revolutionary, he will meet his death on the last of the barricades on 25 May. Date: March-May 1871

Background imageCommune Collection: Casualty sent home to die 1871

Casualty sent home to die 1871
A casualty of the fighting is carried home to die

Background imageCommune Collection: Tongoy Coquimbo Region, Chile

Tongoy Coquimbo Region, Chile
Vintage 19th century photograph: Tongoy is a Chilean coastal town in the commune of Coquimbo in Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region

Background imageCommune Collection: Lota, Chile. Biobio Region

Lota, Chile. Biobio Region
Vintage 19th century photograph: Lota, Chile. Lota is a city and commune located in the center of Chile on the Gulf of Arauco, in the southern Concepcion Province of the Biobio Region

Background imageCommune Collection: Territet, Vaud Canton, Switzerland. Grand Hotel des Alpes

Territet, Vaud Canton, Switzerland. Grand Hotel des Alpes
Vintage 19th century photograph: Territet is a locality which is part of the Montreux commune, in the Vaud Canton, Switzerland. Grand Hotel des Alpes

Background imageCommune Collection: Fiesole, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Fiesole, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Fiesole, a town and commune of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, Italy. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageCommune Collection: A quiet corner in Peille, France

A quiet corner in Peille, France
A quiet corner in Peille, a commune perched on a rock between Monaco and Menton in the Alpes Maritimes department in south-eastern France. Date: circa 1920s



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