World Expo 1900 Paris Glass Plate Photo, Black & White 8,5×10 cm
On the banks of the Seine, the pavilion of Old Paris displays its picturesque architecture made of towers, half-timberings and facades inspired by the Middle Ages. A small passenger boat glides across the water in the foreground, while the bustling docks and exhibit buildings stretch out in the background. The whole evokes the festive and spectacular atmosphere of the Universal Exhibition of 1900, where historical reconstructions and modern innovations coexist in the heart of the capital. – Subject : Pavilion of Old Paris on the banks of the Seine – Support: positive plate on glass 8.5 × 10 cm approximately Private collection of a photographer collaborating with the House of Good Press, founded in 1873 and became Bayard Press in 1970. An emblematic scene of Paris in 1900, between historica.
Cows, Engelberg, Switzerland, Photo Plate Glass, Black & White, Positive
On this magic lantern plate, a pastoral scene opens onto the quiet immensity of the Engelberg valley, coiled in the hollow of the Swiss Alps. At the center of the composition, the imposing Benedictine abbey unfolds in clear lines, its baroque dome riding modestly towards the heavens, framed by white convent buildings with steep roofs. In the foreground, a small herd of peaceful cows graves a green meadow, bordered by a stream with bright and crystal clear waters. These rustic animals, symbols of Alpine agriculture, bring a living and familiar presence to this landscape of silent quantity. In the background, the alpine massifs form a sublime rampart, their steep and steep flanks rising to the clouds in a mineral majesty. Some chalets scattered on the slopes testify to human life which adapt.
Landeck Church, Austria, Photo Glass Plaque, Black & White, Positive 8.5×10 Cm
Founded in July 1873, the Maison de la Bonne Press was an important French publishing house. She bore this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Press in 1970, in order to modernize her image. On this magic lantern plate of a striking contrast, stands the parish church of Landeck, proudly camped in the heart of the Inn valley, in the Austrian Tyrol. Its elegant tapered bell tower pierces the alpine sky, while the mountains rise, in the background, like natural ramparts protecting the village. The late Gothic building, surrounded by its closed cemetery of white walls, is built in a harmony of stone and slate. Its foothills, its polygonal bedside and its high ogival berries make it a faithful witness to Alpine religious architecture. At his feet, houses with steep roofs and public building.
Vaudeville Theatre Antique Photo Glass Plate, Black & White, 8.5×10 cm
This plate comes from a private collection that belonged to a photographer collaborating with the Maison de la Bonne Presse. Founded in July 1873, Maison de la Bonne Presse was an important French publishing house. It had this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Presse in 1970, in order to modernize its image. Under the gilding of a refined decor, a bourgeois living room is meticulously recreated: carved woodwork, chandeliers and rococo style armchairs. In the center, a woman in a long dress and a man in dark clothing exchange, embodying the characters of a society drama. The frozen composition, captured on a projection plate, translates the aesthetics of the Belle Époque theater, where passions and intrigues are replayed in opulent interiors. – Detail: Rococo-style theatrical decor,.
Irkutsk Market, Russia, Photo Glass Plate, Black & White, Positive 8.5×10 Cm
Dimensions of the plate: approximately 8.5 x 10 cm. This collection belonged to a photographer who worked for the Maison de la Bonne Presse. La Maison de la Bonne Presse is a publishing house founded in July 1873. The company was called Maison de la Bonne Presse until 1969. The name of the group, considered a little outdated and possibly suggesting that the competition as a whole constituted “bad press”, changed in 1970 to Bayard Presse. Old magic lantern plaque – “Irkutsk, the market” Glass plate photograph showing the Irkutsk fodder market, with horse-drawn carts and bustling crowds. Handwritten caption: “Irkutsk, the market”. Very beautiful visual testimony of commercial life in Siberia around 1900.
Transport, Asia, Japan, Photo Glass Plate, Black & White, Positive 8.5×10 Cm
This plaque comes from a private collection that belonged to a photographer collaborating with the Maison de la Bonne Press. Founded in July 1873, the Maison de la Bonne Press was an important French publishing house. She bore this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Press in 1970, in order to modernize her image. Urban scene captured in natural light, showing an alignment of Jinrikisha (Japanese rickshaw) parking in front of a Western brick building, probably a public building, a hotel or a post, in a port city in Japan. THE Cochers in traditional outfit, some hats wearing hats await customers, installed or resting between the stretchers. In the background, the architecture mixes Japanese vernacular elements (tile roofs, bamboo fence) And Western influences (mullioned windows, brick.