This is history at its finest, the Napoleonic wars were a little over 20 years ago at the point in time of this photo and still fresh on people's minds.
This picture was taken under king Louis-Philippe, the last King of the French (his official title). He lost power to a revolution ten years later, in 1848 and the second French Empire under Napoléon III was proclaimed in 1852.
Paris was heavily transformed during the second empire. This is a precious picture of Paris before it became the Paris we know today.
ResponsibleCupcake82 on December 3rd, 2023 at 05:53 UTC »
Shoe shiner and a customer.
This street would have been jam packed with people, but the 2 we see were standing long enough for exposure to pick them up
polmeeee on December 3rd, 2023 at 06:29 UTC »
This is history at its finest, the Napoleonic wars were a little over 20 years ago at the point in time of this photo and still fresh on people's minds.
Mysterius_ on December 3rd, 2023 at 08:33 UTC »
This picture was taken under king Louis-Philippe, the last King of the French (his official title). He lost power to a revolution ten years later, in 1848 and the second French Empire under Napoléon III was proclaimed in 1852.
Paris was heavily transformed during the second empire. This is a precious picture of Paris before it became the Paris we know today.