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1878:
Henri Giffard’s Captive Balloon, Paris
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Transport
Era:
1800s
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c. 1900-1941:
Musicians by Henri Manuel
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c.1900s-1920s:
Photographs by Jacques Henri Lartigue
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c. 1900s:
Motor-race by Jacques Henri Lartigue
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1785:
George Biggins’ Ascent in Lunardi’ Balloon
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1908:
Berlin Balloon Race
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1935:
Space Suit for Stratospheric Balloon
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1935:
Buying a balloon, Berlin
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1877-1885:
Statue of Liberty in Paris
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1864:
The legs of the dancers of the Paris Opera
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c. 1888:
Louis Vuitton delivery cart, Paris
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1914:
Paris in Colour
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c. 1909-1930:
Paris in colour
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1920s / 1930s:
Paris at night
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c. 1915:
Dancers of the Casino de Paris
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1968:
May Protest, Paris by Göksin Sipahioglu
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1940s:
Colour photographs of occupied Paris
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c. 1950s:
Rock ‘n’ Roll sur les Quais de Paris
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1900:
The Great Paris Exposition Telescope
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1920s:
Inside Printemps Department Store, Paris
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1905-1908:
Edwardian Street Fashion in London and Paris
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1909:
“Opera, Rainy Day”, Paris by Pierre Dubreuil
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1900s:
The Cafe From Hell, Paris
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1959:
Zsa Zsa Gabor and Buster Keaton at the Moulin Rouge, Paris
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1899:
First 100km/h vehicle
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1885:
“First motorcycle”
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22 October 1895:
Train Wreck at Montparnasse
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Paul Gauguin playing the harmonium in his pants, 1895
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“If London Were Like Venice”, 1899
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Unboxing the Statue of Liberty, 1885
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1859-1899:
Ironclads
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1898-1912:
Tetrahedral Kites by Alexander Graham Bell
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1890s:
Carriage on the frozen Thames, Oxford
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1898:
Bicycle made for four
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1860s:
Construction of the Capitol
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New York in the snow, 1892-1920