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LBY4573879: Exhibition hall of CNIT (Centre des nouvelles industries et technologies) with in the background the Bull Tower renamed Cegetel, built in 1990 by Michel Andrault, Pierre Parat and Ennio Torrieri, at the Defense (Hauts de Seine). The CNIT hull, made of weapon concrete, is the largest and thinnest of its kind, built in 1956-1958 by architects Robert Edouard Camelot, Jean de Mailly, Bernard Louis Zehrfuss associated with engineers Jean Prove for the facade and Nicolas Esquilan for the hull., Prouve, Jean (1901-84) Camelot R.E (1903-92) Mailly, Jean de (1911-75) Esquilan, Nicolas / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329401: Les adorateurs d'un batcha ou dancer, engraving after a drawing by Sedoff, to illustrate the journey in Central Asia by Basile Vereschaguine, in 1867-1868, published in “” Le tour du monde”” 1873, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris. Selva Collection., Sedoff, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329420: After the defeat of the Russians who occupied Samarkand (Uzbekistan), at the foot of the ancient walls of the city, the bodies of the Bukharians lie on the battlefield, engraved after a drawing by Sedoff, to illustrate the journey to Central Asia by Basil Vereschagin, 1867-1868, published in “The Round the World”” 1873, under management Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Sedoff, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329438: A dance in Julianashaab (Greenland), organized in the naval carpenter's workshop, the orchestra composed of a violin and a seal skin drum, made the ship's crew and the city's families dance before the departure for the exploration of the Arctic regons, engraving after a drawing by H.Castelli, to illustrate the story “” the land of desolation” by Isaac J. Hayes, a doctor embarked on the ship the panthere for a voyage to Greenland in 1869, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1873, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Castelli, H. (19th Century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329690: Drumstick battery for the grinding of silver ore (Gould and Curry factories) in the vicinity of Virginia City (Nevada), engraving after the drawing by Jahandier, illustrating the voyage from Washington to San Francisco in 1868, by L. Simonin, published in “” Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Jahandier, A. (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329692: Le travail dans les mines d'argent du Nevada, engraving after the drawing of J.Ferat, illustrating the voyage from Washington to San Francisco in 1868, by L. Simonin, published in “” Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Simonin, L. (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329695: Atelier d'epuration de l'amalgam d'argent (factories Gould et Curry) in the vicinity of Virginia City (Nevada), engraving after the drawing by Jahandier, illustrating the voyage from Washington to San Francisco, in 1868, by L. Simonin, published in “Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Jahandier, A. (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329796: Part of the crew of the ship La Germania, having planted a tent on the ice pack for hunting, was surprised by the passage of a fox that overturned their lunch on the Clavering Islands, engraving after H.Castelli's drawing, illustrating a voyage to the North Pole in 1869-1870 by the captain of the ship La Germania, Mr. Koldewey and his crew, published in “” Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris. Selva Collection., Castelli, H. (19th Century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4331058: Tibetan doctors doing their collection of medicinal plants, drawing by H.Janet to illustrate the trip to Mongolia and the land of the Tangutes from 1870 to 1873, by Lieutenant Colonel Prjewalski. Engraving in Le tour du monde, 1877, directed by Edouard Charton, Paris. Selva Collection., Janet, H. (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4331075: The gate of the citadel of Hue (Vietnam), drawing by P.Kauffmann, to illustrate the eight-day story of embassy in Hue (Kingdom of Annam), in 1875, by Mr.Brossard de Corbigny, lieutenant of ship, attached to the mission. Engraving in Le tour du monde, 1878, directed by Edouard Charton, Paris. Selva Collection., Kauffmann, P. (fl.1920) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4331303: George Clemenceau (1841-1929), a French journalist and politician, a great figure in the third republic at the head of radical republicans and the extreme left opposition, nicknamed the “tiger”, knocked down several governments or pushed ministers to half (1881 and 1882), from 1894 to 1906 he took the side of dreyfusards, as editor in the newspaper “L'aurore” and found the title “J'accuse” for Emile Zola's famous article; in 1906, minister of the interior and president of the council, he set up the foundations of a true scientific police, then he was called to the head of the government in 1917, in the midst of the war of 1914-1918, he showed himself an authoritarian warlord and intransigent and enjoys great popularity in both military and civilian circles. Photograph for the cover of the weekly VU, director Lucien Vogel (1886-1954), number 78, date 11/9/1929. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images