123 photos from the Exposition Universelle: the grounds, each building, and what was lost. Tap a photo to look closer.
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Eiffel tower at Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889Neurdein · Public domain1 ClueExposition Universelle de 1889. La Galerie des Machines - btv1b11600096zNeurdein frères (Photographes). Photographe · Public domain1 ClueView of Exposition Universelle from Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1889Neurdein · Public domain2 CluesLouis-Emile Durandelle, The Eiffel Tower - State of the Construction, 1888Louis-Emile Durandelle · Public domain1 ClueAerial view of Eiffel Tower and Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889Photographer : Alphonse Liébert (1827–1913) · Public domainLouis-Emile Durandelle, The Eiffel Tower - State of the Construction, 1888Louis-Emile Durandelle · Public domainEiffel tower at Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889Neurdein · Public domainCLC 528 - PARIS - Galerie des MachinesScanné par Claude Shoshany · Public domainGalerie des Machines, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889 (2841805008)trialsanderrors · CC BY 2.0Exposition universelle de 1889 Allée transversale à côté du palais des Arts libéraux, Champ-de-Mars, 7ème arrondisseme, PH76667Blancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC02 CluesExposition Universelle de 1889. Le Palais des Beaux-Arts - btv1b11600115kNeurdein frères (Photographes). Photographe · Public domainThe Grand Gallery of Miscellaneous Industries, Exposition Universelle 1889Neurdein frères (Photographes). Photographe · Public domainBeneath the Eiffel Tower, before the ascentUnknown photographer · Public domainCrowd on "a street in Cairo" in front of the Pavilions of Morocco, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainInterior decoration of the Central Dome, Palace of Diverse Industries, 1889Rijksmuseum · CC0The vestibule and Grand Gallery of Miscellaneous Industries, 1889Neurdein frères (Photographes). Photographe · Public domainEiffel Tower and Exposition Universelle at night, ParisUnknown photographer · Public domainEiffel's portable railway bridge (30-metre span) on display, 1889Unknown photographer on behalf of Émile Monod · Public domainCrowd of people on "a street in Cairo", Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainInterior of Gallery of Machines, showing machines being set up, Paris Exposition, 1889Neurdein · Public domainDemolition of the Galerie des MachinesRicher, Paris (XVe) · Public domainCrowds crossing the Pont de l'Alma toward the Alma footbridge, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainPavilion at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889Rijksmuseum · CC0Interior of Gallery of Machines, showing machinery, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainThe Maritime Exhibition, Exposition Universelle 1889Neurdein frères (Photographes). Photographe · Public domainCrowd of people walking under the base of Eiffel Tower, view toward the Central Dome, Paris ExpositionUnknown photographer · Public domainFountain Coutan with the Central Dome in the background, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainInterior view of the Pavilion of Mexico, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainAerial view of Eiffel Tower and Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889trialsanderrors · CC BY 2.0At the foot of the Eiffel Tower, 1889Neurdein frères (Photographes). Photographe · Public domainEiffel Tower and Fountain Coutan, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainInterior view of the Pavilion of Mexico with model of a canal system in foreground, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainEgyptian house in Charles Garnier's History of Human Habitation, 1889Neurdein frères (Photographes). Photographe · Public domainPavilion of Algeria, showing people near building, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainPavilion of Cochinchine courtyard, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainCentral Dome, interior view, looking toward the Gallery of Thirty Meters, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainEntrance to the Central Pavilion, 1889Blancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainPavilion of Algeria, showing people on street in front of pavilion, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainGas Pavilion viewed through the base of the Eiffel Tower, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainInterior of the Central Dome, with a view toward the Gallery of Thirty Meters, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainThe de Bange cannon on display, 1889Neurdein frères (Photographes). Photographe · Public domainPassenger train in front of the Pavilion of Algeria on the Esplanade des Invalides, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainInterior of the Gallery of Machines, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainGeneral view from the Trocadéro toward the Champ de Mars and the 300-metre towerArchives nationales (France) · Public domainCity of Paris pavilion beside the Central Dome, with a fireman at the doorBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainPavilion of Algeria, showing people looking into building, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainEntrance to Javanese Village, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainInterior of exhibition building, Exposition Universal, Paris, FranceLibrary of Congress/original author unknown · Public domainMaison avec loggia (1889)Gléon, Delort de · CC BY-SA 2.5Dome of the Liberal Arts palace, with part of the awning at leftBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainStreet scene on the Esplanade des Invalides, Pavilion of Annam and Tonkin at left, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainInterior of the Galerie des Machines, 1889Unknown photographer · Public domainThe Tobacco Pavilion, 1889Blancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainCourtyard, Pavilion of Tunisia (?), Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainPhotography section (Class XII), Exposition Universelle 1889Rijksmuseum · CC0Interior view of the Pavilion of Mexico, showing stairway and exhibits, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainThe Pavilion of Guatemala, 1889Neurdein frères (Photographes). Photographe · Public domainFountain Coutan and the Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainInterior of the Central Dome exhibit area, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainMachines displayed in a side aisle of the Galerie des MachinesBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0First-floor gallery of the Galerie des Machines, United States exhibitsBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainMonumental gateway to the bazaar, 1889Gléon, Delort de · CC BY-SA 2.5Fountain Coutan and the Central Dome, Paris Expostion, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainGalerie des Machines seen from the first floorBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0Roullier and Arnoult exhibit at the TrocadéroBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainThe Champ de Mars toward the Trocadéro, beneath the Eiffel Tower, 1889Unknown photographer · Public domainMachinery seen from the first floor of the Galerie des MachinesBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0Machines by H. and G. Rose in the Galerie des MachinesBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainJavanese dancers in the Kampong Javanais, 1889Viollet, Roger · CC BY 4.0Ministry of Public Works exhibit at the TrocadéroBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainLuminous fountains before the Central Dome, 1889Rijksmuseum · CC0Rapp and Desaix gallery, interior of the Palace of Fine ArtsBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0First-floor gallery of the Galerie des Machines, right sideBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainSix people posed before Javanese house in Javanese Village, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainInterior of the Palace of Fine Arts with sculpture groupsBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0Street leading to the Palace of the ColoniesBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainDiorama in the History of Work exhibit showing Stone Age people making flint instruments, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainThe Palace of Fine Arts during the Exposition Universelle, 1889Rijksmuseum · CC0The Tout-Paris Panorama building, 1889Ch. Castellani (Photographie d'après) · Public domainAubert and R. Dyckhoff steam engines in the Galerie des MachinesBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainDwellings of tribal peoples of Africa, North America and the Arctic regions in the History of Habitation exhibit, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainThe Eiffel Tower during construction of the exposition, 1889Rijksmuseum · CC0Gallery of Thirty Meters, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainReconstructed Tour du Temple, seen from the Quai d'OrsayBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0Galerie des Machines, Albert Huguet sign mid-hallBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainParis Exposition train 1889bUnknown photographer · Public domainBase of the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro, photographed by Adolphe Block, about 1889Adolphe Block · Public domainInterior of Cacao van Houten exhibit, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainThe War Ministry pavilion, 1889Blancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0General view of the Galerie des Machines with a policeman in the aisleBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainPeople on "a street in Cairo" in front of Moroccan café, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainPavilions of Portugal and of Food Products, with the Eiffel Tower behindRijksmuseum · CC0Ministry of War exhibition building, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainGeneral view of the central garden with the Trocadéro palace in the distanceBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0First-floor gallery of the Galerie des Machines, left sideBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainEntrance to the Rue du Caire, 1889Gléon, Delort de · CC BY-SA 2.5Saint-Vidal fountain beneath the Eiffel Tower, 1889Rijksmuseum · CC0Pavilion of the Society of French Pastel Artists, with lower section of Eiffel Tower in background, and Pavilion of Monaco, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainGrand avenue along the terrace of the Palace of Fine Arts, seen from the Eiffel TowerBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0Bazar Egyptien (en hauteur)Blancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainSixteenth-century style mosque, 1889Gléon, Delort de · CC BY-SA 2.5Exhibition hall at the Exposition Universelle, 1889Rijksmuseum · CC0Grand Vestibule and Fountain Bartholdi in the Gallery of Machines, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainPavilion of the Prefecture of the Seine and City of Paris, seen from the terraceBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0Railway equipment in the Galerie des MachinesBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainThe Fountain St. Vidal near the Eiffel Tower, Paris ExpositionUnknown photographer · Public domainIlluminated fountain and the great Central Dome, 1889Rijksmuseum · CC0Gas Pavilion and Swedish chalet at right, section of Eiffel Tower at left, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainGrand avenue along the terrace of the Palace of Fine ArtsBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0The central lighthouse in the Galerie des MachinesBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainMonumental gateway to the United States exhibitUnknown photographer · Public domainGreat lawn with the Liberal Arts palace, the Eiffel Tower and pavilionsBlancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0Gallery of Thirty Meters, looking toward altar piece from the Church of St. Ouen, and Haviland exhibit, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainIndian dwelling in the History of Human Habitation, 1889Blancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0Galerie des Machines with Boulet et Cie signsBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainThe Rue du Caire, 1889Rijksmuseum · CC0Gas Pavilion, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainEntrance to the Swiss exhibit, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainCoutan's Fountain of Progress, 1889Blancard, Hippolyte (1843 - 1924), photographe · CC0General view of the Galerie des Machines, flags at rightBlancard, Hippolyte (1843-1924). Photographe · Public domainExposition Universelle de 1889Victor Szepessy · Public domainPavilion of Argentina, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainExhibit buildings and grounds seen through the lower part of the Eiffel Tower, Paris Exposition, 1889Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domain