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The Moon at one Meter
A souvenir from the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, an attraction that allowed visitors to view the moon through a giant telescope. The imagery for the attraction may be related to the Georges Méliès 1898 film "La Lune à un mètre" (or "The Astronomer's Dream")
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November 8, 2011
Beinecke Library, Modern General Collection, 1900, astronomy, exhibition, exposition, fair, lune, melies, meter, metre, moon, paris, souvenir, world
A Woman's Paradise
UNION FRANÇAISE DES INDUSTRIES EXPORTATRICES. l’Elegance Francaise. Paris Ateliers d’Impressions et de Cartonnages d’Art, [1940].
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October 3, 2011
Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, 1940, book, booklet, exportatrices, fair, fashion, francaise, industries, paradise, paris, union, war, woman, women, world
Going Up
The Eiffel Tower under construction, 1888-1889. And completed, as seen in 1941.
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December 10, 2009
Beinecke Library, construction, eiffel, exposition, fair, paris, tour, tower, world
Admit One (or Two)
An assortment of tickets in Beinecke Library collections. A 1000 mile ticket on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Railway Company, 1901: An airplane ticket for Alfred Stieglitz, 1929:
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December 7, 2009
Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, Yale Collection of American Literature, airplane, exhibition, exposition, fair, plane, railroad, railway, ticket, train
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