ALBERT BROISE - CHEMIN DE FER DE PARIS - Lot 51

ALBERT BROISE - CHEMIN DE FER DE PARIS "Relèvement de la voie intérieure entre l'avenie de Saint-Mandé et le cours de Vincennes" and "Viaduc de l'avenue de Saint-Mandé", March 1, 1888 and February 19, 1889. Photographs. 2 albumen prints mounted recto verso on 1 card, dry stamp of the author under the images. Images: 27.5 x 38.8 cm; mount: 44.2 x 59.5 cm The photographs illustrate two stages in the removal of level crossings between the Charonne tunnel and rue de Charenton in Paris. Albert Broise and Albert Fernique were official photographers at the 1878 Universal Exhibition. Both men worked for the Paris administration, photographing the capital's main construction sites in the manner of the Alinari brothers in Florence.