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[View toward Pavilion of Algeria, showing passenger train and station on L'Esplanade des Invalides, Paris Exposition, 1889] – Vintage Print

[View toward Pavilion of Algeria, showing passenger train and station on L'Esplanade des Invalides, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889] — historic photograph
[View toward Pavilion of Algeria, showing passenger train and station on L'Esplanade des Invalides, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889]. Historic photograph 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 [View toward Pavilion of Algeria, showing passenger train and station on L'Esplanade des Invalides, Paris Exposition, 1889], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A passenger train and its station stand on the Esplanade des Invalides in this view, with the Pavilion of Algeria in sight beyond them. The Exposition Universelle of 1889, held in Paris to mark the centennial of the French Revolution, drew millions of visitors and spread its colonial exhibits across several sites, with the North African pavilions among the attractions. Albumen prints were the standard photographic process of the 1880s, which accounts for the fine detail and warm brown tones. The rail line and the crowds show how the grounds moved people between pavilions.

Created / published[1889]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1890.
SubjectsExposition universelle de 1889--(Paris, France) Exhibitions--France--Paris--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,258 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-185914

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