Montagnes Collection

The Russian Mountains, Les Montagnes Russes, Paris, 1812
Fashionable couple at the Russian Mountains rollercoaster, Les Montagnes Russes a Belleville, built in 1812. (The first switchback, Year VII, 1799). Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Fashionable woman with speculators or agioteurs, Paris
Fashionable woman with a group of speculators or agioteurs, Paris. A one-legged Revolutionary soldier stands guard. Stock jobbing at the Palais Royal, Year VII, 1799. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

The roller coaster at Belleville, 1812
The roller coaster at Belleville with its five cars riding a distance of 600 feet in 9 or 10 seconds. A fashionable woman in plumed bonnet, shawl and parasol watches from the terrace

Masquerade party on the rollercoaster at the Salle de l Odeon, 1815. Fashionable society at a masked ball in the pleasure gardens, and women wearing the Swiss Bernese style

Roller coaster at the Barriere du Roule, Paris
Roller coaster at the Barriere du Roule (Place de Ternes, Paris). Fashionable women in bonnets and shawls riding cars down the rollercoaster

Comic actor Charles Potier as Lantimeche in
Comic actor Charles Potier (1774-1838) as Lantimeche in Combat des Montagnes by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre des Varietes, Paris, 1816

MONTAGNES RUSSES 1799
The first slide of its kind in Paris Date: 1799

Montagnes Russes 1818
Slide at the Barriere de la Roule, Paris

Lake of Two Mountains, Quebec, Canada
View of the Lake of Two Mountains (Lac des Deux Montagnes), in Quebec, Canada, where the Ottawa River delta feeds into the St Lawrence River

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