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[Pavilion of the Suez Canal Company, Paris Exposition, 1889] – Antique Print

[Pavilion of the Suez Canal Company, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889] — historic print
[Pavilion of the Suez Canal Company, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889]. Historic print from the World's Fairs collection.

(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 [Pavilion of the Suez Canal Company, Paris Exposition, 1889], a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Pavilion of the Suez Canal Company, Paris Exposition, 1889]

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The Suez Canal Company built its own pavilion at the Exposition Universelle of 1889, the Paris fair held on the Champ de Mars and the Trocadéro grounds, to showcase the waterway it had opened to shipping in 1869. The fair marked the centenary of the French Revolution and drew millions of visitors, and national and corporate pavilions competed for attention alongside the newly completed Eiffel Tower. Albumen prints were the standard photographic medium of the 1880s, so the picture also documents the exhibition architecture of the period.

Created / published[1889]
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1890.
SubjectsExposition universelle de 1889--(Paris, France)--Buildings. Exhibition buildings--France--Paris--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,227 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-114743

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