Toulon Collection

Poster advertising trains to the Cote d Azur
Poster for French railways, advertising services to the Cote d Azur, with its warm winters and dry summers. Trains call at Menton, Monte Carlo, Nice, Juan les Pins, Cannes, St Raphael, Hyeres

Panoramic map of Mediterranean by G. H. Davis
A new centre of world alarm during the Second World War: a panoramic map of the Mediterranean, showing the principal bases

JOBERT, Paul (1863 - 1942). The Russian Squadron in Toulon. 13th October 1893. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles

Port of Toulon

Toulon harbour, France

France Toulon Harbour pre-1900

The Quayside, Toulon, France, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Volta (X62)
Marine Nationale Francaise - Volta (X62), a Mogador-class destroyer. Scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942. (Marine Nationale Francaise - French Navy) Date: circa 1940

Napoleon Bonaparte directing the Suppression
Napoleon Bonaparte directing an artillery firing squad at the Suppression after the Siege of Toulon (ordered by Paul Barras and Stanislas Freron)

Napoleon working the gun at Toulon
Napoleon working the gun at the Siege of Toulon, 1793. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T. Tegg, London, 1815

Christmas market at Toulon, France 1854
Christmas market scene in Toulon, southern France. Date: 1854

Easter Sunday at Toulon, France 1858
Easter Sunday at Toulon in France, washing the feet of the poor. Date: 1858

Palm Sunday at Toulon, France 1858
Easter week been celebrated in France, children, accompanied by their parents, to carry with them to high mass the presents they have received from their friends in memory of the time

FRANCE / TOULON
The port of Toulon Date: 1875

WOUNDED AT TOULON
Napoleon I is wounded during the siege of Toulon Date: circa December 1793

Women prisoners transported to Cayenne
At Toulon, young female prisoners embark for Cayenne, having chosen marriage in the colonies rather than a prison sentence. Date: 1866

Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, France
Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon -- this was an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion during the French Revolution. Date: September 1793

Place Amiral - Toulon, a port city on southern Frances Mediterranean coast. Date: 1946

Louis XV Corset advertisement - Corset Leopold
An advertisement for a Corset Louis XV available from Corset Leopold of 34 Rue d Alger, Toulon, France. The text on the card translates thus

Smoking opium in France
Men smoking in a Chinese opium den in Toulon, France. 1907

France. Third Republic (1901). The President
" France. Third Republic (1901). The President of the Republic Emile Fran篩s Loubet is received in Toulon. Illustration from " Le Petit Journal" (April 21, 1901)

The Battleship Strasbourg in Toulon Harbour, France; Secon
Photograph showing the deck of the scuttled French battleship Strasbourg in Toulon harbour, 1944. An American soldier is shown standing on the deck looking at the forward turret

Toulon, France - the Casino. Date: circa 1910s

Madame Deinsac
MADAME DEINSAC Frenchwoman, who despite her surly expression, was a benefactress at Toulon and earnt a place in a book devoted to useful people. Date: 18202/1830S

Torpedo Nets
To protect warships from enemy torpedoes, torpedo-nets were hung from the sides of the ship : as here, on a French warship at Toulon Date: 1886

La Route du Cap Brun, Toulon, Provence-Alpes-C�dAzur
La Route du Cap Brun, Toulon, near Le Pradet, Provence-Alpes-C� d Azur, France. Date: 1920s

French shells used on Land and Sea WWI
In Toulon arsenal: Finished projectiles after " passing the doctor" ; the necessary wash. Upper photograph: showing big-gun shells

Drifting derelict warship, Richelieu, by G. H. Davis
The drifting of the derelict French warship, Richelieu. While being towed from Toulon to Rotterdam, the ship broke loose from her tugs at Brest

Casino on Boulveard de Strasbourg, Toulon, France Date: circa 1910

Toulon, France - Rochefortais class Destroyer Rapiere
Toulon, France - Sailors playing cards sat on a small quay. The crew are from the Rochefortais class (or Pertuisane class)

Toulon in 18th c. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Le Port vieux de Toulon

Toulon, France - Place Amiral Senes. The square was named after Victor Baptistin Senes (born in Toulon - 1857-1915), a French naval officer and admiral

Russian battleship Tsarevich at Toulon, France
The Russian battleship HIRM Tsarevich (or Tsesarevich), named after the heir to the Russian throne. Built in France, launched 1900, commissioned 1901, seen here at Toulon

French Italian tension WWII
French Senegalese troops leaving their barracks at Toulon for Marseille, where they will embark for Somaliland

Toulon, France - President inspects submarine
Toulon, France - The Military Port - The President of France, Emile Loubet visits the submarine Gustave-Zede

Viceroy Egypt Visits
The Viceroy of Egypt visits France : his arrival at Toulon is greeted with friendly fire

Eugenie at Toulon
When Eugenie visits Toulon, she is greeted by salvoes of welcoming guns from the warships congregated in the harbour

Cesarevitch Launched
This warship for the Russian navy is built in France, and launched at Toulon

France Toulon
The Mediterranean harbour and naval base of Toulon, seen from the sea

The Cholera epidemic in France
Passengers from Toulon and Marseilles being fumigated at the Paris station of the Lyons and Mediterranean railway. Travel played a large part in the spread of disease

French at Toulon
The French attack TOULON by land when it is evacuated by the English fleet

Toulon Evacuated 1793
SIEGE OF TOULON In the face of a fierce siege (in which the young Napoleon participates) the British are forced to evacuate Toulon

Le Suchet Launched
The French cruiser Le Suchet is launched at Toulon

Barbary Corsairs, Toulon
BARBARY CORSAIRS AT TOULON The French negotiate with Barbarossa, emissary of the Turkish Sultan, against the Spanish

Siege of Toulon 1793
THE SIEGE OF TOULON The French besiege Toulon, held by the British : Napoleon, making his first notable appearance, is largely responsible for the success

Napoleon at Toulon
His successful siege of Toulon forces the English to evacuate the town

N Commands Artillery
He obtains the command of the artillery at Toulon, and explains his plans to his superiors

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