Images Dated 5th April 2019

Communard Retreat at Asnieres; Paris Commune 1871

Communards retreating from government forces, back over the Seine by means of the Asnieres Bridge, 1871. During April 1871 the bridge was fought over by the Communards and the National Guard, changing hands several times. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists set up the Commune and refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government. This led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards. Date: 1871

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MEETING OF MERCHANTS 1850

Albert and the Lord Mayor of London hold a meeting at the Mansion House, where leading merchants and manufacturers are invited to support the Exhibition project. Date: 1850

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CRYSTAL PALACE ROOF

A view of the immense glass roof of the Crystal Palace viewed from the lead flat, the only portion of solid roofing in this fairy structure Date: 1851

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