[Eiffel Tower machinery with man beside wheel that raises elevator(?), during Paris Exposition] / ND phot. – Historic Print
![[Eiffel Tower machinery with man beside wheel that raises elevator(?), during Paris Exposition] / ND phot., [between 1887 and 1889?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/17/178310c6342c-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Eiffel Tower machinery with man beside wheel that raises elevator(?), during Paris Exposition] / ND phot., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Eiffel Tower machinery with man beside wheel that raises elevator(?), during Paris Exposition] / ND phot.
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A worker stands beside a large wheel in this view of the machinery believed to raise the elevator inside the Eiffel Tower, a detail that sets it apart from the many pictures of the tower's iron lattice. It was likely taken during the 1889 Exposition Universelle, when the tower was new and its lifts drew crowds of their own. The photograph is attributed to Napoleon Dufeu, a Paris photographer, and comes from the Albert Tissandier collection. Its date is recorded only as sometime between 1887 and 1889, so the exact moment remains uncertain.
| Created / published | [between 1887 and 1889?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Albert Tissandier Collection. Photograph attributed to Napoleon Dufeu. Published in: When the Eiffel Tower was new / Miriam R. Levin. South Hadley, Mass. : Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 1989. |
| Subjects | Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)--1880-1890. Machinery--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,185 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111780 |
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