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Name of Object:

A retrospective: Preparations for the exhibition of 1889 - the Eiffel Tower under construction

Location:

Paris, France

Holding Institution:

National Library of France

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Date of Object:

1936

Inventory Number:

EI-13(2916)

Description:

For the Exposition Universelle (world fair) of 1889, France wanted to both celebrate the centenary of the 1789 revolution and also showcase its skill and inventiveness. The Eiffel Tower, a daring move in the world of cast-iron architecture, became first the symbol of the exhibition then of the city as a whole.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9045638g

Citation of this web page:

"A retrospective: Preparations for the exhibition of 1889 - the Eiffel Tower under construction " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;125;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: FR 125

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