PCT4297714: First World War 14-18 (1914-1918): 120 mm barrel De Bange model 1878 with wheels (photo), Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4298191: Paris, France: the Petite Belt railway at the beginning of the 20th century, beg 1900 (postcard), Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295871: Saint-Tropez (Saint Tropez, Var, Cote d'Azur Varoise,, PACA): district of the Pointe between 1900 and 1910 - colorisee Berenguier postcard - beach, seaside, boats, boat load of wine barrels - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4297715: First World War 14-18 (1914-1918): scene of bivouac in the forest, in the middle of the pine trees, moment of relaxation, game - French soldiers making a game of cards - photograph on glass plate -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images

PCT4297725: First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): military hospital set up in a school to accommodate the injured French soldiers. The various armed corps are present: infantry, alpine hunter, sailor, colonial corps (zouave, shooter) etc. Undated photograph -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images

PCT4298151: Postcard Patrie showing a Zouave going to assault while playing the bugle - French soldier sounds the charge, 1914=1918 (postcard) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295777: The Garabit Viaduct (Pont rail) in the Cantal (Auvergne, France), photo 2017 (photo), Eiffel, Gustave (1832-1923) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295071: Traffic in Paris, France, at the beginning of the 20th century (circa 1900): carriage, omnibus office, horses, pegs, delivery men - Boulevard des Italians - colorisee postcard - publicite (reclame) for the aperitif Dubonnet, clock - Gusman/Leemage / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295131: Studio portrait of a French cavalry soldier, late 19th or beg of 20th century, unknown photographer / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295506: Cerdagne electric railway line: the small yellow train on the Gisclard bridge (or La Cassagne bridge), crossing the Tet valley near Mont-Louis and Fontpedrouse - Roussillon, Catalan Country, Pyrenees-Orientales (Pyrenees Orientales) - this line opened in 1910, has been inscribed by UNESCO since 2002 on the Tentative List of World Heritage in as “” Cerdagne Railway””. Operated by the SNCF, it forms the 669 000 line of the national railway network - This suspension bridge was designed by Genie Commander Albert Gisclard. A device of his invention completely avoids oscillations and allows the train to pass safely. It is the only railway suspension bridge still in operation in France. Tragic irony of fate, Commander Gisclard lost his life in a derailment of the train during a test trip near the bridge in 1909 - Phototypic postcard Labouche, early 20th century - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295785: The Garabit Viaduct (Pont rail) in the Cantal (Auvergne, France), photo 2017 (photo), Eiffel, Gustave (1832-1923) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296546: Pau, Bearn, boulevard des Pyrenees: postcard beginning 20th century (beginning of 20th century). Walkers, pegs, pedestrian avenue - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296564: Villa known as English in Pau (Bearn) at the beginning of the 20th century - the region of Pau was very popular among Anglo-Saxons (English and American) at the beginning of the 20th century. At the end of the nineteenth and the end of the 19th centuries, many villas of this type were built throughout the region for the benefit of the rich bitannic in the town. They're called English villas. They were the place of worldly rendezvous - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295825: The Garabit Viaduct (Pont rail) in the Cantal (Auvergne, France), photo 2017 (photo), Eiffel, Gustave (1832-1923) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4297826: Police vehicle: the Citroen HY cell van called a tube (or tub) in a wavy sheet equipped as a “salad basket”. It equipped the French police officers from 1960 to 1983 - French postal stamp -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296101: Clermont-Ferrand (63, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne) and its surroundings on a Michelin map - tourism, region - Photo Patrice Cartier 2017 -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images

FAT4299998: Orque (monstrous representation of the orca or epaulard) in “” Ulyssis Aldrouandi... De piscibus libri V et de cetis lib. vnus/Ioannes Cornelius Vteruerius... collegit; Marc. Antonius Bernia in lucem restituit... “”, deals with the natural history of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605). Bologna, 1638. / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296512: Virgin and Child, polychrome stone of the 15th century, Notre-Dame du Cros, Caunes-Minervois (Aude, 11, Minervois, Languedoc, Occitania) - statue detail, sculpture, Mary, little Jesus, motherhood, religious art, colours) - Photo Patrice Cartier -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296713: Animals during the First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): letter from an officer asking the Miilitary Authority in 1919 to examine the procedure for purchasing the requisitioned horses - requisition, cavalry, companion in arms, horse hunter, ride commission -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295586: Founder's share of one hundred and twenty five francs issued in 1930 by the Franco-Italian Manufacture of Cloches de Laine - share, bank, stock exchange, capital, capitalism, shareholder, economy, finance, investment of money -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295159: Bust of Jean Jacques Barthelemy, known as the abbe Barthelemy (1716 - 1795) ecclesiastic, archeologist, numismate and French man of letters. His most famous work is “Le Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Greece” - engraving by Lorichon after Chazal, circa 1840 - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4298092: Le Petit Lavisse - double page illustrated from Le Petit Lavisse (book of History of France) beg 20th century (engraving), Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images

PCT4298203: Detail of the main page of the Journal Illustré, No. 318 from 13 to 20 March 1870 (engraving), French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295988: Bronze statue of General Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (1768 - 1800) by Charles-Francois Leboeuf dit Nanteuil, on the Place de Jaude in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne) - Photo Patrice Cartier -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296852: First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Telegram sent by a soldier's father to announce his death after he was wounded in combat -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296933: Illustration of a French edition of the book “The last days of Pompeii - Edward Bulwer Lytton), Mame edition, mid-19th century (between 1840 and 1850) - Roman novel imitated by Bulwer by Adrien Lemercier. The frontispiece represents the death of Arbaces, killed by the fall of a column during the eruption of the Vesuve. Volcano, earthquake, natural disaster - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4297095: Bust in marble of Tiberius, 1st century (marble), Roman, (1st century AD) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4297128: Illustration for the theatre play Faust written by Goethe, 1873 (engraving), Kreling, August von (1819-76) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4297712: First World War 1914-1918 (War 14-18). Map of the western front between December 1914 and October 1916, German advance - Italian front between June 1915 and October 1916 - extract from the magazine Pays de France no104, 12 October 1916 - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4297838: A claim for Dunlop tires, with a portrait of the founder (in 1889) of this industrial automobile tire company: John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921) - “The Dunlop tire has conquered the world”. Advertising published in the magazine “” Je sais tout en 1905”” - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4298195: Paris, Butte Montmartre, built on the bedside of the church of Saint-Pierre, the Chappe telegraph tower operated for half a century, from 1794 to 1845, 19th century (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4297219: Hurricane in Martinique in the harbor and on the city of Saint-Pierre in the 19th century. In the 19th century, four cyclones were ahead of the Caribbean coast: On September 3, 1804, a raz de maree caused by a cyclone hit the Martinique coast. At Saint-Pierre, seventeen boats sink or are thrown at the coast. At Fort de France, seven ships disappeared in the harbor. On July 23, 1813, a hurricane blowing from the northwest passed north of Martinique. The churches of Robert and Macouba were destroyed as well as many houses. In Saint-Pierre, warehouses and shops set up on the seafront are carried away by the waves. In the harbor about 40 boats are sinking. On the night of September 4 to 5, 1883, a new cyclone hit Martinique. At Saint-Pierre, twenty boats were thrown off the coast and many roofs were torn by the wind. At Morne Rouge, most buildings are damaged. In St. Mary the roof of the church is partly washed away, and from Carbet to Lamentin the plantations are either flooded or torn by the wind. On the night of August 18 to 19, 1891, a powerful cyclone ravaged Fort de France and much of the island. More than 400 people lost their lives during this cyclonic episode and more than 60,000 are homeless, more than one third of the population of the period (175,000 inhabitants). Economically, the cyclone is a disaster. Banana and sugar cane plantations were ravaged, as were most of the sugar and rum production plants - engraving of 1883 - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295672: Poster for the Folies-Bergere 1874 by Jules Cheret (1836-1932) - aerobatic works, ballets, pantomimes, operettes, dance, dancer, music hall (music hall), gay Paris, Paris by night -, Cheret, Jules (1836-1932) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296307: Title page and frontispiece of the book “” Le Quart d'heure d'une jolie femme, ou les amusements de la toilette, ouvrage presque moral””, Geneve, chez Antoine Philibert, 1753 - Par Mademoiselle de***** (in reality Francois de Chevrier 1721-1762) - Gusman/Leemage / Bridgeman Images

PCT4296325: Expressions of the Passions of the Soul represented in several engraved heads: The Terror. Frightened man's face. From a drawing by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) 17th century - expression, passion, emotion, fear, terror - / Bridgeman Images

PCT4295236: Ascension of a glacier at the end of the 19th century - mountaineering, mountaineering - passage of a crevasse - illustration of the book “” Moeurs et caracteres des peuples””, edition 1884 - / Bridgeman Images