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souvenir

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
Opened by Censor
A souvenir album, enhanced by printed slips, photographs, and seating charts, of R. Grugeon's service with the Postal Censorship Office in the United Kingdom during World War I.
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September 30, 2010
Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, 1914, 1919, album, censor, censorship, grugeon, i, mail, office, post, postal, souvenir, war, world, wwi
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