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PCT4258382: Portrait of Cléo de Merode by photographer Reutlinger - The dancer Cléo de Merode (1875 - 1966) covered the artistic and galante chronicle by performing first as a star at the Paris Opera, then (in 1901) as an attraction to the Folies Bergères directed by Edouard merchant. ð Postcard early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4259807: Illustration of Jules Verne's novel “Around the Moon””, drawing by Emile Bayard, Hetzel edition/Voyages extraordinaire 1870. This illustration highlights the relationship of inspiration between the two novels “lunar”” by Jules Verne and the two albums by Tintin made by Hergé, “Objectif Lune” and “On a Marché sur la Lune”. In E. Bayard's drawing, we see the whimsical astronaut Michel Ardan (a character created by Verne based on his friend, photographer Nadar), imagining himself joyfully fooling on the projetile launched towards the Moon during an outing into space. A situation close to the inadvertent exit of Captain Haddock drunk on the rocket, in Tintin's adventures., Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4294376: The entrance porch of the cave of Bize-Minervois (Bize, Aude, Minervois, Occitanie) - in this place, the prehistorian Paul Tournal (1805-1872) recognized through excavations, from 1827, the existence of the fossil man - prehistory, archeology, history of humanity, prehistoric man - Photo Patrice Cartier -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4294777: Young couple at the entrance of a temple in Rameswaram (or Rameshwaram), a holy city of India at the extreme southern tip of Tamil Nadu, on the island of Pamban facing Sri Lanka. This city is famous for its Hindu temple of Ramanathaswamy, a place of pilgrimage for Vishnu and Shivaites (followers of Vishnu and Shiva) and for the Smarta Tradition. Photo Jean-Marie Heraud -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4294997: Good school point, beginning of the 20th century - Evocation of the founding of Marseille, 600 BC: On the day of the arrival of the Greek sailors, the head of the Nams organizes a meal during which his daughter Gyptis has to choose his husband by tending him a cup. The Greeks were invited to join the banquet and the young leader of them, Protis, was chosen, thus sealing the foundation of a new city - Phocean city - Phoceens - Massilia - / Bridgeman Images