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| Keywords: Le public devant les reconstitutions de MM. Perrot et Collignon.jpg An exhibit retracing the history of work was held during the 1889 World Fair The exhibit sought to retrace the progress and the evolution of tools techniques and of working conditions There were four different sections the exhibit started with an anthropological and ethnographic part which included reconstitutions of prehistoric scenes as well as reconstitutions of work scenes from other cultures such as Chinese Roman or Egyptian This print probably represents a section of the first part of the exhibit The second section was dedicated to liberal arts which included chemistry book binding printing presses musical instruments decors and costumes The third part was entitled Arts et Métiers and dealt with engineering and agriculture The fourth section was about transportation and the fifth about the military The first four sections were mounted in the Palais des arts libéraux while the last one was located in the Palais du Ministère de la guerre 1889 engraving 22 x 21 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line L' exposition de Paris publiée avec la collaboration d'écrivains spéciaux Vol 2 Paris Librairie Illustrée 1889 accession number 1254158888689502 PD-old Engravings of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Exposition Universelle 1889 1889 engravings | ||||
