PCT4258735: Elephant de la Bastille: on 2/12/1808, 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 hero Gavroche in the novel Les Misérables, published in 1862. Engraving, 1834. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4260642: Winemakers revolt 1907: Secret message sent by the Apotre des vignerons Marcelin (Marcellin) Albert on August 6, two days after his release from Montpellier prison. The text was hidden under the postcard stamp. It reads: Tomorrow arrives in Carcassonne at 3 o'clock. I spend the day there. Come to the station. The next day I go to Paris. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4260685: Revolt du Midi viticole, Montpellier demonstration, 9 June 1907: depart of the delegation of Cuxac d'Aude. There are many women among the “gueux”. One of them waved the flag of the village. Three days later, the entire region cut the bridges with the French central power, closing town halls and calling for a tax strike. On June 20, Clémenceau had the crowd shot at Narbonne. This view was taken by Narcotic photographer Sallis, who made numerous photographs of the events of 1907. / Bridgeman Images