Exposition Coloniale photograph album : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for Special Collections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris 1931--Pictorial works.

France--Photographs.

France.

Genre:

photograph albums.

Photographs.

Manuscripts, French -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Zephyr Used & Rare Books (Vancouver, WA), 2024.

Physical Description:

1 volume (20 leaves) ; 23 x 30 cm

Production:

Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France, 1931.

Summary:

This volume contains 116 photographs from the Exposition Coloniale in Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France in 1931. It has a quarter-black cloth cover over faux green crocodile skin boards with a photograph of the exposition's Angkor Wat temple recreation on the cover. The pages of the album include hand painted captions and decoration surrounding photographs pasted in. The sections of this album include La Porte d'Honneur (p. 1), Les Missions Catholique et Protestante (p. 2), La Tour de Bronze (p. 3), Les Beaux Arts (p. 3), La Cité des Informations (p. 3), Les Fonataines (p. 4), Autour du Lac (p. 5), the colonies' pavilions (p. 6-13, 15-18), Le Soir (p. 14), and Le Zoo (p. 19-20). There are numerous photographs of the Dutch pavilion (p. 16), which burned down on June 28, 1931. Several photographs feature a young girl wearing a white dress and sun hat and a woman in a black skirt suit. They appear to be associated with the creator of this album.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for Special Collections.

Cited as:

Exposition Coloniale Photograph Album (Ms. Coll. 1602). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1451845745