Paris Exposition; steps to the first stage of the Eiffel Tower, Paris Exhibition 1889 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Paris Exposition; steps to the first stage of the Eiffel Tower, Paris Exhibition 1889, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Paris Exposition; steps to the first stage of the Eiffel Tower, Paris Exhibition 1889
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The steps leading up to the first stage of the Eiffel Tower are the focus here, a view of the approach to the structure at the 1889 Exposition universelle in Paris. Gustave Eiffel's engineering firm built the tower as the centerpiece of the fair, which marked the centennial of the French Revolution, and visitors paid to climb its open iron framework. This print belongs to the Tissandier Collection, a group of photographs from the period. Its caption card is an older, unverified record, so the exact vantage point is worth checking against other sources.
| Created / published | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Caption card tracings: Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France); Exhibitions--France--Paris--1880-1890; Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)--1880-1890; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,730 × 2,250 px · prints to 6 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115116 |
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