Temple de la Sibylle in Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris, France, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900, a photochrom by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The park, located in the northeast of Paris, is the city’s fifth largest. It opened in 1867.
The Medici Fountain of the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900, a photochrom by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Marie de’ Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, had the fountain built in 1630. It was moved to its current location in 1864.
“Pau from Jurançon, Pyrenees, France,” between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900, by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The image is part of the Library’s collection of photochroms, which includes many views of the architecture, monuments, and landscapes of France.
House of Rousseau, Les Charmettes, in Chambéry, France, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900, a photochrom by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived at Les Charmettes from 1736 to 1742. Today, the property is a museum.
“Hotel Seneca, Pompeian room, Rochester, N.Y.,” between 1908 and 1915, by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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