[Interior of Gallery of Machines, showing machines being set up, Paris Exposition, 1889] / ND. Phot. – Antique Print
![[Interior of Gallery of Machines, showing machines being set up, Paris Exposition, 1889] / ND. Phot., [between 1887 and 1889] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b1/b19ce79a053e-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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Step back in time with [Interior of Gallery of Machines, showing machines being set up, Paris Exposition, 1889] / ND. Phot., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Interior of Gallery of Machines, showing machines being set up, Paris Exposition, 1889] / ND. Phot.
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The Gallery of Machines was the great hall of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and this view catches it before the displays were complete, with machinery still being moved into position. The building, designed by Ferdinand Dutert and Victor Contamin, used a huge span of steel arches to enclose the floor without interior supports, a feat that drew wide attention at the time. The photograph is attributed to Napoleon Dufeu and comes from the collection of Albert Tissandier, an aeronaut and illustrator who documented the fair. Its unfinished state makes it a useful record of how the exhibition was assembled.
| 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 | Exposition universelle de 1889--(Paris, France) Exhibitions--France--Paris--1880-1890. Interiors--France--Paris--1880-1890. Machinery--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,352 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178002 |
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