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Hankow in California, who manages the personal collection of Al Worden.Īpollo 15 space mission, in addition to being the fourth Apollo mission to land a crew on the Moon’s surface and the most scientifically advanced, would also be the most Francophile. This piece of newsprint, played a crucial role in the battles that followed to overturn this egregious travesty of justice.įrench Flag Nylon (Earth-Moon-Earth voyage) Apollo 15 Mission, 1971Īcquired in 2020 from Mr.

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Zola, implicated the army’s highest officers in the framing of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, to whom a lengthy prison sentence was handed down, after a hasty trial and doctored evidence, simply because of his Jewish faith. Félix Faure.” But the incendiary title proved crucial to turning the public eye to the outraged French novelist's open letter to the President of the Republic. Prior to its publication, on January 13, 1898, a heated debate had taken place in the offices of the militant daily L’Aurore on the suitability of this terse headline, which was finally regarded as too overwhelming for the text that followed, “Letter to Mr. The most important front-page headline in history shocks by its very simplicity: 'J'Accuse!' (I accuse!) This outraged heading from an article penned by France's great novelist, Emile Zola, appeared in giant letters above six dense newsprint columns of disproportionate size that seemed almost to bend the text below with the weight of its accusations. This front page, although rare, is not unique. L'Aurore had a daily circulation of several hundred thousand. !” Front page of the L'Aurore newspaper, Paris, 1898 The 'Iron Lady,' has since become the most famous monument in the world. To save it from destruction, Eiffel turned it into a pioneering scientific laboratory, equipped with the most cutting-edge technological tools of the time. The 'Shepherdess of the Clouds,' as coined by poet Guillaume Apollinaire, was inaugurated triumphantly, although it faced vehement attacks from its many detractors. The 'construction site of the century' got underway in early 1887, mobilizing some 200 workers who tirelessly assembled the 18,000 parts of this giant Meccano. The towering edifice, designed by engineer Gustave Eiffel, who was already famous for his bridges and viaducts, was chosen. The adventure began at the end of the 19th century, when the French government sought a standout project for the 1889 Paris Universal Exhibition. What more majestic architectural performance than the construction of the Eiffel Tower? The 312-meter-high metal monster, weighing 7,300 tons, was completed in a mere two years, two months and five days. This piece of the tower was acquired at an auction and then appraised by a member of the National Commission of Experts. Joist from the Eiffel Tower Puddle iron (Paris), 1889 Endowed with incredible charm and elegance, this queen of fashion was the source of enormous fascination, from the peasants all the way to the courtiers-until that fascination turned ugly… Surrounded by her inner circle, she organized extravagant parties, rode horses, gambled, and commissioned the most sumptuous dresses and adornments. Her Petit Trianon, on the grounds of Versailles removed from palace intrigues, became her realm.

Quickly realizing she would play only a symbolic role, the young queen set out to lead a life of pleasure in stark contrast with the poverty and hardship suffered by a majority of the French population. Her story began toward the end of the 18th century in Austria, when her mother, the dour Empress Marie-Thérèse, promised her youngest daughter to future King Louis XVI, whom she married in 1770 when she was only 14 years old. No Hollywood screenwriter could have imagined the life of Marie-Antoinette, the iconoclastic queen par excellence living a life of pomp, glamour and tragedy at a time of historic upheaval. He acquired it with other pieces of the same dress at an auction in 2003. Ousset, former president of the Marie-Antoinette Association. This remnant of the Queen's dress comes from the personal collection of Mr. Marie-Antoinette’s dress Silk, (Versailles), 18th century

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