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  • Record of wool quantities for textile production on a Linear B tablet, Final Palatial Period, c. 1375-1300 BC, from the Minoan palace of Knossos, in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The palm-leaf tablet was marked by a scribe to record amounts of wool given to workshops in 2 settlements and to a collector, to produce 9 cloths. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico B or Portico of the 17 niches, a colonnaded street built 4th century BC to link the centre in the South of the city with the agora in the North, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The portico is 72.2m long and 10.5m wide and split into 2 bays by a central colonnade of 36 doric octagonal columns. The wall in the distance has 17 niches which would have housed marble statues. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico B or Portico of the 17 niches, a colonnaded street built 4th century BC to link the centre in the South of the city with the agora in the North, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The portico is 72.2m long and 10.5m wide and split into 2 bays by a central colonnade of 36 doric octagonal columns. The end wall has 17 niches which would have housed marble statues. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico B or Portico of the 17 niches, a colonnaded street built 4th century BC to link the centre in the South of the city with the agora in the North, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The portico is 72.2m long and 10.5m wide and split into 2 bays by a central colonnade of 36 doric octagonal columns. The end wall has 17 niches which would have housed marble statues. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico B or Portico of the 17 niches, a colonnaded street built 4th century BC to link the centre in the South of the city with the agora in the North, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The portico is 72.2m long and 10.5m wide and split into 2 bays by a central colonnade of 36 doric octagonal columns. The end wall has 17 niches which would have housed marble statues. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Phaistos disc, side B, fired clay with stamped symbols of unknown meaning, 2nd millennium BC, from the Minoan palace of Phaistos, in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New York Stock Exchange, designed by George B Post in Neoclassical style, and built in 1903, at 11 Wall St, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, seen from between the columns of Federal Hall National Memorial. The facade of the NYSE features 2 square corner pillars and 6 columns with Corinthian capitals. The pediment features a sculptural scene by John Quincy Adams Ward entitled Integrity Protecting the Works of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plan and elevation of church, drawing, 1487-89, by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, from Manuscript B, Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France collection, in the Architect gallery, in Les Galeries Leonard de Vinci Peintre et Architecte, a new exhibition space in the grounds of the Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house built 1468-71, designed in Renaissance style by Albert Dufet, in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally a stronghold of the Chateau d'Amboise, it later became a royal summer residence and Francois I offered its use to Leonardo da Vinci, who lived here 1517-19. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plans for building a city on canals, drawing, 1487-89, by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, from Manuscript B, Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France collection, in the Architect gallery, in Les Galeries Leonard de Vinci Peintre et Architecte, a new exhibition space in the grounds of the Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house built 1468-71, designed in Renaissance style by Albert Dufet, in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally a stronghold of the Chateau d'Amboise, it later became a royal summer residence and Francois I offered its use to Leonardo da Vinci, who lived here 1517-19. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist architect Puig i Cadafalch accepting first prize in the City Council's awards for best industrial building, from the mayor of Barcelona, in 1913, photograph, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casaramona factory in 1913, drawing, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Powys House, an 18th century mansion built in 1746 by William Mayne, now run as a luxury B&B by the Kilgour family, in the Ochil Hills near Stirling, Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plan and elevation of a church in Greek cross style, drawing, 1487-89, by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, from Manuscript B, Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France collection, in the Architect gallery, in Les Galeries Leonard de Vinci Peintre et Architecte, a new exhibition space in the grounds of the Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house built 1468-71, designed in Renaissance style by Albert Dufet, in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally a stronghold of the Chateau d'Amboise, it later became a royal summer residence and Francois I offered its use to Leonardo da Vinci, who lived here 1517-19. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plan and elevation of church, drawing, 1487-89, by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, from Manuscript B, Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France collection, in the Architect gallery, in Les Galeries Leonard de Vinci Peintre et Architecte, a new exhibition space in the grounds of the Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house built 1468-71, designed in Renaissance style by Albert Dufet, in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally a stronghold of the Chateau d'Amboise, it later became a royal summer residence and Francois I offered its use to Leonardo da Vinci, who lived here 1517-19. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plans for a slewing crane, drawing, 1487-89, by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, from Manuscript B, Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France collection, in the Architect gallery, in Les Galeries Leonard de Vinci Peintre et Architecte, a new exhibition space in the grounds of the Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house built 1468-71, designed in Renaissance style by Albert Dufet, in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally a stronghold of the Chateau d'Amboise, it later became a royal summer residence and Francois I offered its use to Leonardo da Vinci, who lived here 1517-19. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plans for a city of 4 levels with arcaded galleries and portico, drawing, 1487-89, by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, from Manuscript B, Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France collection, in the Architect gallery, in Les Galeries Leonard de Vinci Peintre et Architecte, a new exhibition space in the grounds of the Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house built 1468-71, designed in Renaissance style by Albert Dufet, in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally a stronghold of the Chateau d'Amboise, it later became a royal summer residence and Francois I offered its use to Leonardo da Vinci, who lived here 1517-19. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plans for a city, drawing, 1487-89, by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, from Manuscript B, Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France collection, in the Architect gallery, in Les Galeries Leonard de Vinci Peintre et Architecte, a new exhibition space in the grounds of the Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house built 1468-71, designed in Renaissance style by Albert Dufet, in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally a stronghold of the Chateau d'Amboise, it later became a royal summer residence and Francois I offered its use to Leonardo da Vinci, who lived here 1517-19. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Warehouse on the ground floor of the Casaramona factory, photograph, date unknown, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist architect Puig i Cadalfach, president of the Mancomunitat de Catalunya (Commonwealth of Catalonia) 1917-25, photograph, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Departure of SS Stavangerfjord, Norwegian-America Line, from Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, with immigrants headed for America, photograph by Anders B Wilse, Norse Folkemuseum, Oslo, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aurelianus gives Clovis' ring to Clotilde, with an acceptance of marriage, and below, Aurelianus receives alms from Clotilde, lancet B, from the stained glass window of the Life of St Clotilde, c. 1540, in the Collegiale Notre Dame des Andelys, built 1225 - 17th century, in Les Andelys, Eure, Normandy, France. The Church of Our Lady of the Andelys was built around a college of canons at the Chapter, on the ruins of a women's abbey founded in 511 AD by Clotilde, wife of Clovis I. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Henri IV, king of France and Navarre 1589-1610, with stone bust after marble sculpture by B Tremblay, and virtues in resin, 1992, after tomb of Christophe de Tou, 1840, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Henri IV, king of France and Navarre 1589-1610, with stone bust after marble sculpture by B Tremblay, and virtues in resin, 1992, after tomb of Christophe de Tou, 1840, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Henri IV, king of France and Navarre 1589-1610, with stone bust after marble sculpture by B Tremblay, and virtues in resin, 1992, after tomb of Christophe de Tou, 1840, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Henri IV, king of France and Navarre 1589-1610, with stone bust after marble sculpture by B Tremblay, and virtues in resin, 1992, after tomb of Christophe de Tou, 1840, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alamo Cenotaph, or Spirit of Sacrifice, detail, a memorial commemorating the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, by Pompeo Coppini, 1870-1957, commissioned 1936 and dedicated 1940, next to the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, USA. This section depicts William B Travis along with other defenders of the Alamo Mission, who fought the Mexicans under Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. On the cenotaph are listed the 187 names of known Alamo defenders. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alamo Coffin, believed to be the tomb of Davy Crockett, William B Travis, Jim Bowie and the other Alamo heroes, in San Fernando Cathedral, or Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria and Guadalupe, originally built 1738-50 and enlarged in the Gothic style by Francois P Giraud in 1868, on the Main Plaza in San Antonio, Texas, USA. During the Battle of the Alamo Mexican General Santa Anna raised a flag of 'no quarter' from the church tower, marking the beginning of the siege. The bodies of the defenders of the Alamo were burned by Santa Anna, but their ashes were collected and buried, and later enshrined in this marble sarcophagus. The cathedral is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alamo Coffin, believed to be the tomb of Davy Crockett, William B Travis, Jim Bowie and the other Alamo heroes, in San Fernando Cathedral, or Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria and Guadalupe, originally built 1738-50 and enlarged in the Gothic style by Francois P Giraud in 1868, on the Main Plaza in San Antonio, Texas, USA. During the Battle of the Alamo Mexican General Santa Anna raised a flag of 'no quarter' from the church tower, marking the beginning of the siege. The bodies of the defenders of the Alamo were burned by Santa Anna, but their ashes were collected and buried, and later enshrined in this marble sarcophagus. The cathedral is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alamo Cenotaph, or Spirit of Sacrifice, detail, a memorial commemorating the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, by Pompeo Coppini, 1870-1957, commissioned 1936 and dedicated 1940, next to the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, USA. This section depicts William B Travis and Davy Crockett along with other defenders of the Alamo Mission, who fought the Mexicans under Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. On the cenotaph are listed the 187 names of known Alamo defenders. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alamo Cenotaph, or Spirit of Sacrifice, detail, a memorial commemorating the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, by Pompeo Coppini, 1870-1957, commissioned 1936 and dedicated 1940, next to the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, USA. This section depicts William B Travis and Davy Crockett along with other defenders of the Alamo Mission, who fought the Mexicans under Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. On the cenotaph are listed the 187 names of known Alamo defenders. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Surrender of Santa Anna, detail, 1886, by William Huddle, 1847-92, in the South Foyer of the Texas State Capitol (where it has hung since 1891), designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The painting depicts April 22nd 1836, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto. Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is brought before Texas General Sam Houston as a prisoner of war. Houston, wounded, rests under an oak tree while arranging an armistice with Santa Anna. To the right is Erastus 'Deaf' Smith, a Texan scout, and captured Mexican battle flags lean against a tree. Behind Houston is Secretary of War Thomas Jefferson Rusk, who is standing next to Colonel Mirabeau B Lamar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Surrender of Santa Anna, 1886, by William Huddle, 1847-92, in the South Foyer of the Texas State Capitol (where it has hung since 1891), designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The painting depicts April 22nd 1836, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto. Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is brought before Texas General Sam Houston as a prisoner of war. Houston, wounded, rests under an oak tree while arranging an armistice with Santa Anna. To the right is Erastus 'Deaf' Smith, a Texan scout, and captured Mexican battle flags lean against a tree. Behind Houston is Secretary of War Thomas Jefferson Rusk, who is standing next to Colonel Mirabeau B Lamar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New York Stock Exchange, designed by George B Post in Neoclassical style, and built in 1903, at 11 Wall St, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. The facade of the building features 2 square corner pillars and 6 columns with Corinthian capitals. The pediment features a sculptural scene by John Quincy Adams Ward entitled Integrity Protecting the Works of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reflections in a glass window on Wall St, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, including the New York Stock Exchange, designed by George B Post in Neoclassical style, and built in 1903, at 11 Wall St, and the bronze statue of George Washington, 1882, by John Quincy Adams Ward, outside Federal Hall National Monument. The facade of the NYSE features 2 square corner pillars and 6 columns with Corinthian capitals. The pediment features a sculptural scene by John Quincy Adams Ward entitled Integrity Protecting the Works of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble bust of Montesquieu, 1689-1755, lawyer and philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, by Edmond Prevot, after J B Lemoyne, 1878, marbre, from the collection of the Town Hall of Bordeaux, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The Baron de Montesquieu became a counselor of the Bordeaux Parliament in 1714 and became a president a mortier. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Agriculture, hemp and cotton, with diagrams of their manufacture, plate from the Encyclopaedia of Diderot and Alembert, first edition, published 1751, 35 volumes, in the library of the Maison de l’Outil et de la Pensee Ouvriere, with over 32,000 books, specialising in manual labour, housed in the Hotel de Mauroy, built c. 1560, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Breast surgery, with instruments used to perform a mastectomy, etching by Goussier, plate from the Encyclopaedia of Diderot and Alembert, first edition, published 1751, 35 volumes, in the library of the Maison de l’Outil et de la Pensee Ouvriere, with over 32,000 books, specialising in manual labour, housed in the Hotel de Mauroy, built c. 1560, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the North West part of Quebec City, seen from the St Charles River, engraving by P Benazech after a drawing by Richard Short, published in 1761 as a collection of Views of Quebec in the 18th century, by Thomas Jefferys in London, in the collection of the Archives of the Seminaire de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Indochina Pavilion (left) and Kiosque de Musique (right), at the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. On the left is a group of Fula women from Upper Guinea, West Africa. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • Tuareg on a Mehari dromedary, at the Tuareg camp of Berber Saharan Africans at the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • Tonkin lookout tower in the Indochinese Village (French Indochina was a colony 1887-1954), at the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • The town hall in Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, on the day of the visit by General de Gaulle,1890-1970, celebrating its liberation from German occupation during the Second World War, September 1944. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Prince Georgy Lvov, 1861-1925, president of the Provisional Government during the Russian Revolution, published in L'Illustration no.3864, 24th March 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldiers and students firing at police occupying the opposite bank of the Moika canal, Petrograd (later St Petersburg), during the Russian Revolution in March 1917, photograph by Daily Mirror, published full page in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldier delegates forming an assembly of over 3,000 members, at the Duma assembly hall in the Palace of Tauride (seat of the Provisional Government after the February Revolution) in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, Russia, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3869, 28th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cliff Palace, 1917, photograph, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Cliff Palace, 13th century, is a huge multi-storey Native American Puebloan dwelling, housing 125 people, with 23 kivas and 150 rooms, rediscovered in 1888. It is the largest cliff house in the park, possibly used for social and ceremonial purposes and is thought to be part of a larger community encompassing 60 pueblos and 600 people. It is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams and was originally painted with earthen plasters. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Rabelais and aerial view of La Deviniere, engraving, 1600, in the Musee Rabelais in the Maison La Deviniere, a 15th century farmhouse, home to a young Francois Rabelais, 1483-1553, French Renaissance writer and humanist, in Seuilly, Indre-et-Loire, France. The inscription reads 'wine gladdens the heart of man'. The Maison La Deviniere is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Emir Abdelkader, 1808-83, Algerian religious and military leader, kept at Amboise as a prisoner of war 1848-52, drawing, in the Salon de Musique, or Music Room, on the second floor of the Logis Royal or Royal Residence, in the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, on the River Loire, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior southeast facade of the Renaissance Francois I wing, built 1515-18, with monumental spiral staircase, architectural drawing, 1570, by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, 1510-85, in the collection of the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Blois, architectural drawing, 1570, by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, 1510-85, with the Chapelle Saint-Calais behind and the Francois I wing in the foreground, in the collection of the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Historical plan of the Chateau de Blois and its Renaissance Gardens, planted 1499-1515 under Louis XII for growing fruit, vegetables, and healing plants, in the collection of the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural drawing of facade elevations for the Chateau de Blois, c. 1635, by Francois Mansart, 1598-1666, who reconstructed the north wing in classical style in 1635, commissioned by Gaston d'Orleans, in the collection of the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portraits of candidates for President of the French Republic, with left-right: Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, Alphonse de Lamartine, Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin and Louis-Eugene Cavaignac, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Group portrait of members of the Provisional Government of 1848, with (left-right, top: Marie, Flocon, Louis-Blanc, Marast, Albert, Garnier-Pages, bottom: Lamartine, Dupont De l’Eure, Arago, Ledru-Rollin, Cremieux, lithograph, by Auguste Legrand, 1825-60, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. The Provisional Government of the Second Republic was formed after the February Revolution in Paris in 1848, headed by Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, and was in charge until 9th May 1848. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Judgement of Paris, with Louis Eugene Cavaignac, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and Alphonse de Lamartine, cartoon published by Aubert in 1848, with Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin as a peacock, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Graziella, scene from the novel of 1852 by Alphonse de Lamartine about a fisherman's granddaughter, lithograph, by Godefroy Engelmann, 1788-1839, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dunois and Joan of Arc at a tower, engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1602-76, after drawing by Claude Vignon, 1593-1670, published in the book 'The Maid or France delivered, heroic poems' by Augustin Courbe, 1656, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was founded in the 11th century by Theobald I, count of Blois. King Henry II of England lived and died here in the 12th century and the chateau has been out of use since the late 16th century. It is listed as a historic monument and part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateauroux giving the sword of Fierbois to the warrior, engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1602-76, after drawing by Claude Vignon, 1593-1670, published as a frontispiece in the book 'The Maid or France delivered, heroic poems' by Augustin Courbe, 1656, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was founded in the 11th century by Theobald I, count of Blois. King Henry II of England lived and died here in the 12th century and the chateau has been out of use since the late 16th century. It is listed as a historic monument and part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of Joan of Arc breaking the chains of France, engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1602-76, after drawing by Claude Vignon, 1593-1670, published as a frontispiece in the book 'The Maid or France delivered, heroic poems' by Augustin Courbe, 1656, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was founded in the 11th century by Theobald I, count of Blois. King Henry II of England lived and died here in the 12th century and the chateau has been out of use since the late 16th century. It is listed as a historic monument and part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trial of Joan of Arc, facsimile of the transcription of the trial in Rouen in 1431, 1 of 3 surviving copies, in the Joan of Arc Centre collection, in the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France. Joan of Arc visited Chinon twice in 1429. The chateau was founded in the 11th century by Theobald I, count of Blois. King Henry II of England lived and died here in the 12th century and the chateau has been out of use since the late 16th century. It is listed as a historic monument and part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View and perspective of the Chateau Royal de Chambord in Berry, print, c. 1680, by Adam Perelle, 1640-95, in the collection of the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. In the foreground is the court of Louis XIV arriving at the castle. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Chambord from the north side, print, 1750, by Georges-Louis Le Rouge, 1712-90, in the collection of the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Chambord from the Midy side, print, 1749, by Georges-Louis Le Rouge, 1712-90, in the collection of the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. This drawing of the south facade shows the new mansard attic level for servants and remains of half-built walls of an abandoned 16th century project. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade and pond on the Blois side of the Chateau de Chambord, copy of a drawing on vellum from an original of 1570, by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, in the collection of the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Visit of the Lyon G7 to the Chateau de la Chaize on 28th June 1996, with left-right, Nicole Roussy de Sales, Hilary Clinton and Bernadette Chirac, photograph, at the Chateau de la Chaize, designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for Francois de la Chaise, and built 1674-76, at Odenas, Rhone, France. The 400 hectare estate boasts Beaujolais vineyards planted in the 18th century. The chateau and its winery are listed as historic monuments. Collection Manuel Cohen - Further Clearances may be required
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  • Visit of the Lyon G7 to the Chateau de la Chaize on 28th June 1996, with left-right, President of the Compagnons du Beaujolais, Hilary Clinton, Bernadette Chirac, Le Fils Roussy de Sales and Nicole Roussy de Sales, photograph, at the Chateau de la Chaize, designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for Francois de la Chaise, and built 1674-76, at Odenas, Rhone, France. The 400 hectare estate boasts Beaujolais vineyards planted in the 18th century. The chateau and its winery are listed as historic monuments. Collection Manuel Cohen - Further Clearances may be required
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  • Auguste Rodin in front of his La Porte de l'Enfer reflected in a mirror, facsimile of a photograph on albumen paper, 1887, by William Elborne, in the Camille Claudel Museum, opened 2017, in Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube, Grand Est, France. Claudel was a female sculptor who moved to Nogent-sur-Seine in 1876. She studied under Alfred Boucher and was a model for, and mistress of, Auguste Rodin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud, by Etienne Carjat, 1828-1906, in the Musee Verlaine, formerly the inn Auberge du Lion d'Or, in Juniville, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The building is opposite the home of Paul Verlaine, French poet, 1844-96, where he lived 1880-82. Verlaine went to the inn every day to write. The museum opened in 1994 on the 150th anniversary of Verlaine's birth, and was inaugurated in 1996. The museum is on the Rimbaud Verlaine Trail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Paul Verlaine, photographed by Etienne Carjat, 1828-1906, shortly after his wedding, in the Musee Verlaine, formerly the inn Auberge du Lion d'Or, in Juniville, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The building is opposite the home of Paul Verlaine, French poet, 1844-96, where he lived 1880-82. Verlaine went to the inn every day to write. The museum opened in 1994 on the 150th anniversary of Verlaine's birth, and was inaugurated in 1996. The museum is on the Rimbaud Verlaine Trail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Napoleon, 1769-1821, and his son, and scenes of victories, print, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Angels of France, Hortense, Josephine and Eugenie, lithograph, by Lebigre Duquesne, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The women are Hortense de Beauharnais, 1783-1837, stepdaughter of Napoleon; Josephine Bonaparte, 1763-1814, first wife of Napoleon, and Empress Eugenie, 1826-1920, wife of Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hussar, charcoal study on paper by Victor Gaudinot, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Napoleon the Great, 1769-1821, engraving by Eugene Bourgeois, student of Jacques-Louis David, after a David painting, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Napoleon on horseback leading troops at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, engraving after a painting, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Napoleon the Great, 1769-1821, print after Carle Vernet, 1758-1836, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Napoleon, 1769-1821, print, 1814, after Paul Delaroche, 1797-1856, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Napoleon at Arcis-sur-Aube, print, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube in 1814 during the War of the Sixth Coalition saw major French losses against the Allied army. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Battle of Austerlitz, won by Napoleon in 1805, aquatint by unknown artist, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The Battle of Austerlitz during the Napoleonic Wars was a victory for Napoleon against the Austrians, ending the War of the Third Coalition. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Battle of Wagram in 1809, a victory for Napoleon, print by unknown artist, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The Battle of Wagram during the Napoleonic Wars was a victory for Napoleon against the Austrians. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Battle of Montereau in 1814, a victory for Napoleon, lithograph by P S Duval, 1805-86, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The Battle of Montereau during the War of the Sixth Coalition was a victory for Napoleon over the Austrians. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Surrender at Ulm in 1805, print by Francois Grenier de Saint Martin, 1793-1867, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. At Ulm in Bavaria in 1805, Napoleon received the surrender of the Austrian army. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1840, c. 1812, engraving after a painting by Jacques-Louis David, neoclassical artist, 1748-1825, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The museum is in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldier in a muddy sandbagged trench in WWI, photograph, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Drawing by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, of a king on horseback, made when he visited the cafe, exhibited in Cafe du Palais, opened 1930, on the Place Myron-Herrick, in the old town of Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The family-run cafe is filled with paintings and sculpture, and is crowned with an art deco stained glass skylight by Jacques Simon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • An LCVP or Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel, loaded with American soldiers approaches the "easy Red" sector of Omaha beach at 7.30 am on 6th June 1944 during the Normandy Landings, photograph, in the Musee de la Reddition, or Surrender Museum, a history museum commemorating the Nazi surrender in 1945 ending WWII, opened in 1985, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Signing of the act of German surrender on 7th May 1945 at 2.41 am in Reims, photograph, in the Musee de la Reddition, or Surrender Museum, a history museum commemorating the Nazi surrender in 1945 ending WWII, opened in 1985, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dwight 'Ike' Eisenhower records the victory speech on 7th May 1945 at 3.30 am in Reims, photograph, in the Musee de la Reddition, or Surrender Museum, a history museum commemorating the Nazi surrender in 1945 ending WWII, opened in 1985, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salon at Mme Geoffrin's in 1755, with Diderot in centre, 1821, by Philibert Louis Debucourt, 1755-1832, after Anicel Charles Gabriel Lemonnier, in the Maison des Lumieres Denis Diderot, or House of Enlightenment, a museum housed in the Hotel du Breuil de Saint Germain, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Rene Lacoste in 1928, in the Lacoste Archives, in the Private Lacoste Museum, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Metal framed tennis racket patent, 1934, in the Private Lacoste Museum, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cooper page from the Encyclopaedia of Diderot and Alembert, first edition, in the library of over 32,000 reference and technical books, at the Maison de l’Outil et de la Pensee Ouvriere, a museum created by Paul Feller, displaying handmade tools from 17th - 19th centuries, housed in the Hotel de Mauroy, built c. 1560, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The museum displays over 12,000 tools and celebrates apprenticeships of many kinds. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Epinglier, with diagrams of bobbins winding thread from spools, plate from the Encyclopaedia of Diderot and Alembert, first edition, published 1751, 35 volumes, in the library of the Maison de l’Outil et de la Pensee Ouvriere, with over 32,000 books, specialising in manual labour, housed in the Hotel de Mauroy, built c. 1560, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Artificial florist workshop and diagrams of petal shapes, plate from the Encyclopaedia of Diderot and Alembert, first edition, published 1751, 35 volumes, in the library of the Maison de l’Outil et de la Pensee Ouvriere, with over 32,000 books, specialising in manual labour, housed in the Hotel de Mauroy, built c. 1560, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Forge with illustration of men working in a foundry, tools and cross section of furnace, plate from the Encyclopaedia of Diderot and Alembert, first edition, published 1751, 35 volumes, in the library of the Maison de l’Outil et de la Pensee Ouvriere, with over 32,000 books, specialising in manual labour, housed in the Hotel de Mauroy, built c. 1560, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ice cream factory with moulds and tools, plate from the Encyclopaedia of Diderot and Alembert, first edition, published 1751, 35 volumes, in the library of the Maison de l’Outil et de la Pensee Ouvriere, with over 32,000 books, specialising in manual labour, housed in the Hotel de Mauroy, built c. 1560, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Locksmith workshop with diagrams of tools and metal lock parts, plate from the Encyclopaedia of Diderot and Alembert, first edition, published 1751, 35 volumes, in the library of the Maison de l’Outil et de la Pensee Ouvriere, with over 32,000 books, specialising in manual labour, housed in the Hotel de Mauroy, built c. 1560, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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