PCT4266394: Cinematographer screening, invention of the Lumiere brothers: illustration of the famous book by G. Bruno (pseudonym by Augustine Fouillee) “” Le tour de France par deux enfants””, edition Belin 1908. This flagship book has been republished many times since its first publication in 1877. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274562: The Little Thummy. A tiny little girl sitting on a water lily pulls by a butterfly. Tale by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) illustrated by R. Victor-Meunier (Victor Meunier) in a book of children's readings 1920-1930. This scene is not without evoking Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. See also GUT2183, COR7555 & FSN 1516., Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4274639: Victor Hugo “The Miserables”. Illustration by Brion. Engraving of the edition Ollendorff 1906. The elephant of the Bastille: on 2/12/1808, was laid in Place de la Bastille in Paris, the first stone of a grandiose fountain in the shape of an elephant, which was to celebrate the meeting of the waters of the Ourcq Canal with the water of the Seine, thanks to an underground canal crossing the square. In 1812, a life-size model, 24 m high, made of plaster with metal frame, was made on site. She remained there until 1847 and Victor Hugo became the refuge of her heros Gavroche in the novel Les Miserables, published in 1862. See also GUT0549. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4275452: Tour de France cyclist 1938:19th stage Metz-Reims. The lead trio will win the overall ranking of the test. Italian Gino Bartali (in the centre) will be first. On his left the second, the Belgian Felicien Vervaecke. To his left is the Frenchman Victor Cosson who will finish third. The fourth man, behind the trio, is Belgian Vissers. Photograph of the Mirror of Sports n°1021 of July 30., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images