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PTA/5/1/9
Title
Mounted albumen print: 'Polytechnic Holiday Party Paris '06'.
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- 1906-1907 (Creation)
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1 piece
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(fl.1884-1965)
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Originally from a photograph album
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Group of men and women stood in faux landscape, with temple behind. Some individuals identified: Mr Jeffreys, Mr W Beatley and Mrs B Fred.
On reverse: 4 mounted photographs 'Hols '07' and 'Picnicing hols '07' featuring two women who also appear in the group photograph. Appears to be a single page from an album.
On reverse: 4 mounted photographs 'Hols '07' and 'Picnicing hols '07' featuring two women who also appear in the group photograph. Appears to be a single page from an album.
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Status: Open. Access is subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, unless the records are restricted under the Data Protection Act 2018 or under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000
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The image is taken at Parc des Buttes, Chaumont: The Temple of Sybil, which is on top of the island's cliffs, 89 meters or 292 feet high. A suspension footbridge runs from a hill in the Parc des Buttes-Chaumonts to the island in the center of the lake. (Note the handrails on the bridge, which appear to be logs but were molded from concrete in the 19th Century.)
The park, which replaced a gypsum quarry and execution ground, was begun in 1863 as the crowning touch in Napoleon III's plan for green spaces throughout Paris.
The Parc des Buttes-Chaumont occupies 61 acres (25 hectares) of hilly land in the 19th arrondissement, in the northeastern reaches of Paris. Its layout and design owe more to engineers and landscape gardeners than to nature: The site was carved out of the old quarries and slums with dynamite, then outfitted with such romantic touches as waterfalls, a grotto, a lake, and a folly -the Temple of Sybil- on top of a cliff with views of Montmartre in the distance.
The park, which replaced a gypsum quarry and execution ground, was begun in 1863 as the crowning touch in Napoleon III's plan for green spaces throughout Paris.
The Parc des Buttes-Chaumont occupies 61 acres (25 hectares) of hilly land in the 19th arrondissement, in the northeastern reaches of Paris. Its layout and design owe more to engineers and landscape gardeners than to nature: The site was carved out of the old quarries and slums with dynamite, then outfitted with such romantic touches as waterfalls, a grotto, a lake, and a folly -the Temple of Sybil- on top of a cliff with views of Montmartre in the distance.