Exposition Universelle de Paris 1867 album

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Exposition Universelle de Paris 1867 album

1867

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The album contains 25 photograpahs taken by Auguste-Rosalie Bisson and five by Charles-Louis Michelez. Pierre Petit is credited as holding the imperial commission for photography for the exhibition; however, he took none of the photographs. Almost all of the photographs in the album show exhibition building exteriors and interiors devoid of people. The photographs may have been taken before the opening of the exhibition.

1.0 album (30 photographs)

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Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris

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The International Exposition of 1867 (French: Exposition universelle [d'art et d'industrie] de 1867), was the second world's fair to be held in Paris, from 1 April to 3 November 1867. A number of nations were represented at the fair. Following a decree of Emperor Napoleon III, the exposition was prepared as early as 1864, in the midst of the renovation of Paris, marking the culmination of the Second French Empire. Visitors included Tsar Alexander II of Russia, a brother of the emperor of Japan, ...