Paris Collection (#88)

Zola / Train Footplate / Ils
EMILE ZOLA On a locomotive footplate between Paris and Mantes while researching for his novel La Bete Humaine Date: 1840 - 1902

Cartoon, Women watching searchlights, WW1
Cartoon, Women watching searchlights. Two Parisian ladies watch the searchlights over Montmartre. Date: 1916

Leaving Paris 1914
Following the outbreak of war and the French Governments move to Bordeaux, many people leave Paris, including those seen here leaving for England by train from the Gare du Nord 1914

G Clemenceau / Raffaelli
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU French statesman at a public meeting at the Cirque Fernando in Paris in 1885 Date: 1841 - 1929

Matthew Paris / Hinchliff
MATTHEW PARIS English monk and historian Date: 1200 - 1259

Dreyfus / Paris Delighted
Parisians learn the news that Dreyfus has again been condemned after his re-trial at Rennes, and are delighted Date: 1899

Louvre -Making Guns / 1870
The manufacture of arms and ammunition in the large picture gallery of the newly constructed Louvre during the siege of Paris. Date: 1870

DEC. ARTS EXHIBITION / 25
THE SPRING PAVILLION An elaborate exterior design for a pavillon in the Art Deco style Date: 25th April 1925

Gunboats on Seine / 1870
A well-equipped French gunboat, used to defend the Seine during the siege of Paris. Date: 1870

The Siege of Paris 1870
French gunboats on the Seine during the siege of Paris. Date: 1870

Guillaume De Chartier
GUILLAUME DE CHARTIER Bishop of Paris Date: 1400 - 1472

Parisienne 1760
A woman of Paris during the reign of Louis XV Date: circa 1760

Paris / Place Vendome 1850
Place Vendome: the column with its statue of Napoleon was destroyed by the Communards in 1871 but replaced at the expense of the painter Courbet Date: circa 1850

Desmoulins / Duplessis
CAMILLE DESMOULINS French revolutionary with a turbulent scene in the Paris streets below Date: 1760 - 1794

Jean Sylvain Bailly
JEAN SYLVAIN BAILLY French astronomer who computed the orbit for Halleys Comet, and first Mayor of Paris in 1789 Date: 1736 - 1793

Mere Angelique Arnauld
JACQUELINE-MARIE-ANGELIQUE ARNAULD Known as Mere Angelique, abbess of Port-Royal, Paris Date: 1591 - 1661

Balloon Factory Paris
The Gare d Orleans is converted into a factory for balloons to carry mail - and sometimes passengers - from the besieged city Date: September 1870

In-Flight Comfort 1939
Passengers on Air Frances giant Rochambeau enjoy the comfort of the bar as they fly from Paris to New York : she carries 20 passengers in addition to the crew Date: 1939

Arriving at Paris 1936
English passengers arriving at Le Bourget airport, Paris, are directed to customs and passport control Date: 1936

Comet of Coggia, 1874
THE COMET OF COGGIA observed from the Pont-Neuf, Paris, France Date: 1874

Book - Verne - Listed works
An advertisement by Vernes publishers, J Hetzel & Co of 18 rue Jacob, Paris, showing book titles and prices for his and other authors works 1891

Metro, Construction 1899
Work progresses on the Metro - everyone is asking if it will be ready in time for the 1900 Exposition ? Date: 1899

Cartoon, Female worker on Paris Metro, WW1
Cartoon, A female worker on the Paris Metro, checking a soldiers ticket in a wartime train. Date: 1917

Metro, Station Pasteur
A train leaves the station Pasteur Date: circa 1905

Metro, 1st Class Seating
Interior of a first class coach Date: 1900

Metro, 2nd Class Seating
Interior of a second class coach Date: 1900

Building the Metro
Construction workers building the Opera metro station emerge from the compressed-air caissons in the Avenue de l Opera, in front of the Paris Opera Date: 1903

Cartoon, Metro Gate Closer, WW1
Cartoon, The Metropolitan Anastasie, a woman working in the Paris Metro during the First World War, taking the place of a man who is away fighting

Verlaine - Harpers 1893
Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896) French poet, writing in a Paris cafe 1893

18Thc France / Party
An evening party in revolutionary Paris Date: circa 1798

Giovanni Cassini Statue
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CASSINI later Jean-Dominique, French astronomer and first Director of the Paris Observatory, who discovered four of Saturns moons Date: 1625 - 1712

Giovanni Cassini Medal
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CASSINI later Jean-Dominique, French astronomer and first Director of the Paris Observatory, who discovered four of Saturns moons Date: 1625 - 1712

Jacques Cassini
JACQUES CASSINI French astronomer and Director of the Paris Observatory from 1712 Date: 1677 - 1756

Eiffel Profile
Gustave Eiffel French engineer, responsible for the building of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Date: 1832-1923

EIFFEL (1832-1923) PIROU
Gustave Eiffel French engineer, responsible for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris Date: 1832-1923

Louis XVIII in 1815
Louis XVIII has been on the throne only a few months when news comes that Napoleon has quit Elba, landed in France, and is headed for Paris : he hurriedly quits the Tuileries Date: 19/20 March 1815

Invalides / Louis XIV
Louis XIV plans Les Invalides as a hospital for disabled soldiers, at Paris Date: 1670

Paris Street Arab 1850
LE GAMIN DE PARIS French street boy Date: 1850

Hopital Saint-Louis
HOPITAL SAINT-LOUIS One of the great hospitals of Paris Date: circa 1800

Street Barricade, Paris
Captain Delporte is fatally shot while manning the barricade in the rue Saint- Jacques, Paris Date: June 1848

Singer Sargent / Purdy
JOHN SINGER SARGENT American painter, who worked mainly in Paris and London Date: 1856 - 1925

Etienne Marcel Murdered
Etienne Marcel, bourgeois leader in Paris, involved in complicated political power play, is murdered while opening gates of Paris to the troops of Navarre Date: 1358

Palatial Paris House
Building a palatial mansion in 15th century Paris : as always, leading citizens sought to outrank one another in the splendour of their homes Date: 15th century

Newspaper Office Seized
During the 1830 Revolution in France, which ousts Charles X and replaces him with Louis- Philippe, Paris newspaper offices are seized by the police Date: 1830

Astronomical telescope at the Paris Observatory, 1926
The Equatorial Telescope at Paris Observatory. Date: 1926

Parisian Pays Meal Bill
A customer pays his bill in a Paris restaurant Date: 1833

Terrace Cafe Scene 1884
Seated at a terrace in the boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, a customer purchases a nosegay from a flower girl, while another vendor offers the Quartier Latin newspaper Date: 1884

Covered Market / Chatelet
A covered market in Chatelet, Paris. Date: 18th century

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