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  • The Mont-Carmel wing of the Chateau Frontenac and the Dufferin Terrace, photograph, 1910, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. This photograph was taken before it was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Tsar Nicolas II with Albert Thomas, 1878-1932, and Rene Viviani, 1862-1925, at the imperial general headquarters, May 1916, during the First World War, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3864, 24th March 1917. This is one of the last photographs sent to L'Illustration by the Russian court photographer. Some of them date from 1916 but permission to publish was only granted on 20th March 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Audience with allied missions in the Imperial Palace at Tsarskoye Selo, 31st January 1917, with left-right, Pokrovsky, Lord Revelstoke, Scialoia, Lord Milner, Sir G Buchanan, Tsar Nicolas II, Miss Carlotti, Doumergue, General Castelnau, General Raggieri and Count Fredericksz, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3864, 24th March 1917. This is one of the last photographs sent to L'Illustration by the Russian court photographer. Some of them date from 1916 but permission to publish was only granted on 20th March 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Journalists from Le Canard Enchaine playing cards at the Cafe du Cadran in Paris, c. 1930, photograph, with (right) Maurice Marechal and his wife Jeanne Marechal, (opposite) Henri Monnier and (centre) Jules Rivet, copyeditor of the newspaper. The photograph is in the collection of the Archives du Canard Enchaine. Le Canard Enchaine is a satirical weekly newspaper, founded in 1915 during the First World War by Maurice Marechal, Jeanne Marechal and H P Gassier. It features investigative journalism, political cartoons, business and political leaks and bogus interviews. In 2015 the newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tsar Nicolas II, his son and his daughters the Grand Duchesses, with officers of the imperial guard, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3864, 24th March 1917. This is one of the last photographs sent to L'Illustration by the Russian court photographer. Some of them date from 1916 but permission to publish was only granted on 20th March 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Session of parliament during the Russian Revolution in the Duma chamber - the portrait of Tsar Nicolas II has been removed from its frame and the bronze imperial coat of arms taken from the rostrum and soldiers and officers take the place of politicians, photograph from the front page of L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. The inset photograph shows a Duma session from 1916 with the former president of the Council Sturmer reading a declaration. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Framed portrait of Maurice Marechal, founder of Le Canard Enchaine, in the editorial offices of the newspaper, photograph. The photograph is in the collection of the Archives du Canard Enchaine. Le Canard Enchaine is a satirical weekly newspaper, founded in 1915 during the First World War by Maurice Marechal, Jeanne Marechal and H P Gassier. It features investigative journalism, political cartoons, business and political leaks and bogus interviews. In 2015 the newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maurice Marechal and his wife Jeanne Marechal, founders of Le Canard Enchaine, and a framed portrait of Maurice Marechal, in the editorial offices of the newspaper, photograph. The photograph is in the collection of the Archives du Canard Enchaine. Le Canard Enchaine is a satirical weekly newspaper, founded in 1915 during the First World War by Maurice Marechal, Jeanne Marechal and H P Gassier. It features investigative journalism, political cartoons, business and political leaks and bogus interviews. In 2015 the newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman working at spinning machine, photograph from 'Fabra i Coats, Sewn Stories', a digital altarpiece or mural installation by Friends of the Fabra i Coats, using photographs and interviews with former workers, at the old Fabra i Coats factory in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The project was run by the Barcelona History Museum as part of the MUHBA Fabra i Coats project. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The remaining factory is destined to also become a cultural space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women working on fishing nets, photograph from 'Fabra i Coats, Sewn Stories', a digital altarpiece or mural installation by Friends of the Fabra i Coats, using photographs and interviews with former workers, at the old Fabra i Coats factory in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The project was run by the Barcelona History Museum as part of the MUHBA Fabra i Coats project. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The remaining factory is destined to also become a cultural space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman working at spinning machine, photograph from 'Fabra i Coats, Sewn Stories', a digital altarpiece or mural installation by Friends of Fabra i Coats, using photographs and interviews with former workers, at the old Fabra i Coats factory in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The project was run by the Barcelona History Museum as part of the MUHBA Fabra i Coats project. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The remaining factory is destined to also become a cultural space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ship docked at Papeete harbour, photograph by an unknown photographer, early 20th century, <br />
in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rue Saint Nicolas in Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, in 1937, photograph by Lambert. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Further clearances required
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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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  • General Leontiev preparing to decorate a soldier, with Russian troops in the background, in the Serbian mountains of Macedonia during the First World War, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3875, 9th June 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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  • Soldiers carrying a wreath with the inscription 'Be proud, fallen fighters, a free Russia will never forget you' in gold letters on a red background, at the funeral of Revolutionary fighters in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3869, 28th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A Hopi woman in Shungopavi, Arizona, weaving a plaited-style basket, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1901, courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society, from the William Henry Jackson Collection, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • T Mitchell Prudent with his niece Gertrude, c. 1900, photograph, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. 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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  • Giuseppe Verdi, 1813-1901, Italian composer of operas, photograph, c. 1855, by Gaspard-Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar, 1820-1910, French photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Giuseppe Verdi, 1813-1901, Italian composer of operas, photograph, c. 1855, by Gaspard-Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar, 1820-1910, French photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Piotr Illitch Tchaikovsky, 1840-93, Russian composer of the late Romantic period, photograph, c. 1875, by unknown photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Gioachino Rossini, 1792-1868, Italian composer and writer of operas, photograph c. 1880 by Gaspard-Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar, 1820-1910, French photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937, French composer, pianist and conductor, and Vaslav Nijinsky, 1889-1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, playing the piano, photograph, 1912, by unknown photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937, French composer, pianist and conductor, photograph, 1910, by unknown photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937, French composer, pianist and conductor (front) with friends at the home of Florent Schmitt, 1870-1958, French composer (standing, in profile), photograph, c. 1910, by unknown photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Richard Strauss, 1864-1949, German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, with R Burg and M Fuchs at the Bayreuth festival, a music festival in Bayreuth, Germany, photograph, 1934, by unknown photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Arnold Schonberg, 1874-1951, Austrian composer and painter, photograph with music and handwriting, 1911, by unknown photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Richard Strauss, 1864-1949, German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, photograph, 1890, by unknown photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937, French composer, pianist and conductor in the courtyard of the Conservatoire de Musique, Paris, France, photograph, 1920, by unknown photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971, Russian composer, pianist and conductor, in Germany, photograph, c. 1902. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / 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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  • Photograph of Verlaine, 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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  • 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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  • Rene Lacoste and his wife Simone in 1936 in Chantaco, photograph, 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. Credit : Lacoste Museum, photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Jean Taittinger with General de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou and Andre Malraux, photograph, exhibited in a tasting room of Maison Taittinger, Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Louis-Philippe Albert d'Orleans, comte de Paris, 1838-94, sitting with a newspaper by the garden wall of the Chateau d'Eu, photograph, by his younger brother Robert d'Orleans, duc de Chartres, in the collection of the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. The original was donated by the Association des Amis du Musee Louis-Philippe in 2017. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and 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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  • 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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  • Etienne Terrus painting a canvas en plein air, photograph, in the Musee Terrus Elne, opened 2014, in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terrus Museum is dedicated to the life and works of Etienne Terrus, 1857-1922, a painter in oils and watercolour from Elne, and other Roussillonnais contemporaries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Etienne Terrus with Henri Matisse (standing) and  family, photograph, in the Musee Terrus Elne, opened 2014, in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terrus Museum is dedicated to the life and works of Etienne Terrus, 1857-1922, a painter in oils and watercolour from Elne, and other Roussillonnais contemporaries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Etienne Terrus, photograph, in the Musee Terrus Elne, opened 2014, in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terrus Museum is dedicated to the life and works of Etienne Terrus, 1857-1922, a painter in oils and watercolour from Elne, and other Roussillonnais contemporaries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Immigrants arriving in America, photograph, 1908, by Lewis Hine, 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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  • Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island on a ship, photograph, 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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  • Interpreters sitting next to the immigrants while immigration officers examine their documents, in the Registry Room, photograph, c. 1912, 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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  • Immigration officer carrying out a psychological assessment on a young immigrant to establish his socio-psychological profile, needed for his admission file, in the Legal Inspection room, photograph, c. 1914, 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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  • 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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  • Registry Room of the main building, with queueing immigrants waiting to be processed, photograph, c. 1910, 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. The registry hall was designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style. It measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. 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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  • Castle Garden Immigration Station, New York City, where more than 8 million immigrants were processed 1855-90, (copyright New York City Public Library), photograph, c. 1890, 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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  • Registry Room of the main building, with queueing immigrants waiting to be processed, photograph, c. 1910, 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. The registry hall was designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style. It measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. 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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  • Sandro Pertini, President of the Italian Republic, c. 1980, with Francesca Serio, mother of the socialist trade unionist Salvatore Carnevale who was murdered by the mafia, black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Group of farmers horseback demonstrating against the government, in Sicily, Italy, black and white photograph dating to just after the Second World War, from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. In the 1940s there were widespread peasant protests in Sicily with farmers fighting for land and social justice. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population and its poverty. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Members of the Banda Giuliano Salvatore, black and white photograph taken by the journalist Maria Cyliakus, from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Salvatore Giuliano was a bandit wanted by the police who worked with a gang of men attacking the police and running the black market. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weapons belonging to the mafia sequestered by the carabinieri, or Italian police, black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Car of superintendent Lo Castro, shot by the Banda Giuliano Salvatore, a group of bandits on the run and wanted by the police, black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Salvatore Giuliano was a bandit wanted by the police who worked with a gang of men attacking the police and running the black market. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bandit under arrest steps from jail into the courthouse for trial, undated black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funeral street scene in Sicily c. 1950, after a murder committed by the mafia, black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funeral of doctor Orestano, killed by members of Banda Giuliano Salvatore, a group of bandits on the run and wanted by the police, black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Salvatore Giuliano was a bandit wanted by the police who worked with a gang of men attacking the police and running the black market. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Members of the Banda Giuliano Salvatore, arrested and chained, undated black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Salvatore Giuliano was a bandit wanted by the police, who was also involved in the Movement for the Independence of Sicily. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of a La Tene Iron Age culture bridge being excavated in Marin-Epagnier, Neuchatel, Switzerland, in the early 20th century, exposing wooden piles in parallel rows of planted posts, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Early and Middle Dilmun ramparts at the North of the site, aerial photograph, in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pearl divers opening the oysters on a pearl fishing boat, photograph in a temporary exhibition on pearl diving, which has been practised in Bahrain for over 2000 years, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barbar Temple II, aerial site photograph, constructed with cut limestone blocks, containing a sacrificial courtyard, altars, shrines and an underground shrine built around a fresh water spring, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This large temple was discovered near the village of Barbar and the site consists of 3 successive temples, with the 2 oldest temples terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, in Sumerian style. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barbar Temple II, photograph, constructed with cut limestone blocks, containing a sacrificial courtyard, altars, shrines and an underground shrine built around a fresh water spring, seen here, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This large temple was discovered near the village of Barbar and the site consists of 3 successive temples, with the 2 oldest temples terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, in Sumerian style. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barbar Temple II, photograph, containing a sacrificial courtyard, altars, shrines and an underground shrine built around a fresh water spring, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This large temple was discovered near the village of Barbar and the site consists of 3 successive temples, with the 2 oldest temples terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, in Sumerian style. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Double circular altar at Barbar Temple II, photograph, constructed with cut limestone blocks, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This large temple was discovered near the village of Barbar and the site consists of 3 successive temples, with the 2 oldest temples terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, in Sumerian style. This temple contains a sacrificial courtyard, altars, shrines and an underground shrine built around a fresh water spring. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oval sacrificial courtyard with ramp and staircase leading to central temple platform, and floor covered with sacrificial animal bones and ashes, to the East of Barbar Temple II, photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This large temple was discovered near the village of Barbar and the site consists of 3 successive temples, with the 2 oldest temples terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, in Sumerian style. This temple contains a sacrificial courtyard, altars, shrines and an underground shrine built around a fresh water spring. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barbar Temple I, photograph, with central terrace, trapezoidal shrine and adjoining rooms, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barbar Temple III, photograph, a double temple and the largest of the 3, with a huge central platform and an annex, with the well and shrine being preserved, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This large temple was discovered near the village of Barbar and the site consists of 3 successive temples, with the 2 oldest temples terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, in Sumerian style. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temples of Dilmun, photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. 5 temples have been excavated, at Sar, Diraz, Umm as-Sujur and Barbar, with architecture in the Sumerian Mesopotamian style. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar with traces of burnt offerings in the inner hall of a temple at Sar, Temples of Dilmun, photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. 5 temples have been excavated, at Sar, Diraz, Umm as-Sujur and Barbar, with architecture in the Sumerian Mesopotamian style. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, aerial photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This is a royal cemetery built for the Dilmun kings outside their capital Qal'at al-Bahrain, with 14 mounds built along a ceremonial route. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This is a royal cemetery built for the Dilmun kings outside their capital Qal'at al-Bahrain, with 14 mounds built along a ceremonial route. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women taking an aperitif on the ice skating rink at the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1960s, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Ski piste and ice skating rink at the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1959, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Men choosing, waxing and fitting skis at the Ski Hawk School at the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1945, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Women's convalescence ward, photograph, early 20th century, in the Musee du Monastere des Augustines, or Augustine Monastery Museum, in Vieux-Quebec or the old town of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The monastery was housed in the wings of the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, a hospital built in 1639. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Fiducie du Patrimoine Culturel des Augustines / Manuel Cohen
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  • Nurse treating a patient in the Salle Saint-Michel in the Precieux-Sang pavilion, photograph, 1943, in the Musee du Monastere des Augustines, or Augustine Monastery Museum, in Vieux-Quebec or the old town of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The monastery was housed in the wings of the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, a hospital built in 1639. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Fiducie du Patrimoine Culturel des Augustines / Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial photograph of La Isabela from the 1960s, before its erosion by the sea, showing the original walls surrounding the Casa del Almirante, in the museum, or Museo de la Isabela, in the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of the Enlisted Men's barracks in 1938, before restoration, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, 1856-1940, served and courtmartialed at Fort Davis, born a slave in Georgia in 1856, the first African-American graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, special assistant in the 1920s to the Secretary of the Interior, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, 1856-1940, served and courtmartialed at Fort Davis, born a slave in Georgia in 1856, the first African-American graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, special assistant in the 1920s to the Secretary of the Interior, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of African-American enlisted men of the 25th US Infantry, with Sgt M M Harris, Co A (top right), and J T Elliott, Co A (bottom left), exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Washington Seawell, 1802-88, first Commanding Officer of Fort Davis, who established the garrison with 6 companies of the 8th US Infantry, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Major General Persifor Frazer Smith, 1798-1858, Commander of the Department of Texas, who selected the site for the fort, ordered its establishment and named it, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Jefferson Davis, 1808-89, after whom Fort Davis was named in 1854, Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce and president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Settlement on the island of Mo'orea, photograph, 1885-89, by G Spitz, in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Indigenous house on stilts with thatched roof, on Bora Bora in the Society Islands, photograph, 1885-94, by G Spitz, in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Group of Western women wearing white dresses with a horse and carriage, in front of the Goupil residence, photograph, early 20th century, by F Homes, in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Hitia'a, Tahiti, with the chief's hut, photograph, 1863-64, by E Courret, in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Traditional village with round huts with thatched roofs at Tautira, Tahiti, during the reign of Pomare V, 1839-91, the last King of Tahiti, photograph, 1885-89, by G Spitz, in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French quarter of Papeete, photograph, 1957, by Alain Sylvain (copyrighted), in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Pomare V, 1839-91, last King of Tahiti, ruled 1877-80, photograph by Hoare Studio, taken before 1891, in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of locals with standing stone from the ahu or altar at Marae Rauhuru with carved petroglyphs of 3 turtles and geometric shapes, in the Fare Pote'e Museum at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Antonio Machado (third from the right, first row), 1875-1939, Spanish poet and professor, with colleagues, in the Palacio de Jabalquinto, now the Universidad Internacional de Andalusia (UNIA), or International University of Andalusia, in Baeza, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The palace is listed as a historic monument and the Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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