Studio tableau, showing 'A party of coolies making merry at a tea-house on one of the numerous festival days when all work is suspended and every one has a good time.'
Paris, le Louvre, ruines de la Bibliothèque. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking along the roofless and gutted interior of the library, with stone archways still standing and fallen girders in the foreground.
Paris, l'Hôtel de Ville. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking across the Seine towards the ruins of the Town Hall, with the Pont d'Arcole crossing the river on the right. The building was set on fire and abandoned by the Communards on 24 May 1871.