Print shows a distant balloon ascending above the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on May 21, 1848, in a ceremony commemorating the French Republic. A large crowd is assembled in the foreground; monuments, banne More
Photograph shows obelisk and fountain in Place de la Concorde with palaces, Rue Royale, and Church of the Madeleine in the background. No. 215. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O. M. Poe.
Louis XVI being led to the guillotine at the time of his execution. Extrait des Révolutions de Paris. In album: French Revolution. Forms part of: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress).
Photograph shows a bicyclist, an automobile, and several horse-drawn carriages on the Champs-Elysées with the Arc de Triomphe barely visible in the background. D18769 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1900 by U More