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État actuel (Octobre 1888) des travaux de l'Exposition Universelle

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Year:
1889
Contributor:
Destez, Paul, 1876- (creator)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)
Construction workers
Architecture > Monuments
City Planning > Construction
City Planning > Maps & plans
1871-1940 (The Third Republic)
Local ID:
2-SIZE T803.B1 E96x 1889
Extent:
1 engraving; 29.5 x 22.1 cm

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Abstract:
Construction workers on the site of the World Fair a year before it opened. On the foreground, left of the Eiffel Tower, is the Palais des Arts libéraux under construction. In the background behind the tower stands the Trocadéro, which had been built for the 1878 exhibit.

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Collection is open for research.

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Destez, Paul, "État actuel (Octobre 1888) des travaux de l'Exposition Universelle" (1889). Paris: Capital of the 19th Century. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:87009/

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