Carree des Generaux via Gallica Consultation
April 23, 2009, 1:29pm
Birth of the Modern City
An exploration of the 19th century urban landscape through images. While initially an extension of coursework for HIST 28903 offered at the University of Chicago, this blog also features interesting finds in the world of archival photography on the web.
ASSIGNMENTS
Digital Story Telling
Digital Project #1
Digital Project #2
RESOURCES
Digital Archives
Flickr Commons
H28903 Group
Digital Story Telling
Digital Project #1
Digital Project #2
RESOURCES
Digital Archives
Flickr Commons
H28903 Group
Au Pere Lachaise (1829) via Gallica Consultation
The cemetery as a place for artistic endeavor and monumental construction. With the large-scale territory occupied by the cemetery, it soon became a place for recreation and commemoration. Strolling couples are pictured in this rather pastoral scene, so far removed from the crowded and unhygenic inner-city cemeteries of the 18th century.
April 23, 2009, 1:22pm
Interior view of the Morgue (1845) via Gallica Consultation
A vast exhibition room with gigantic windows greeted visitors to the morgue. The glass was all that separated viewers from the nakes cadavers laid out for viewing. This proximity to death, integrated often into the routines of shoppers at the nearby market, and passer-bys on the Ile-de-la-Cite, greatly influenced the popular imagination.
April 23, 2009, 12:24pm
