Images Dated 16th June 2010

FRANCE: COURT LIFE, 1690s. Waiting in The Fourth Room of the Apartments

FRANCE: COURT LIFE, 1690s.
Waiting in The Fourth Room of the Apartments. One in a series of etchings, 1694-1696, by Antoine Trouvain, depicting a suite of reception rooms at the Palace of Versailles

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FRANCE: CLUNY, 1095. Left: While on his way to Clermont, France, to proclaim the

FRANCE: CLUNY, 1095.
Left: While on his way to Clermont, France, to proclaim the First Crusade in 1095, Pope Urban II, surrounded by cardinals, consecrates the convent Church of Cluny. Right: Abbot Hugo of Cluny with his monks. Late 15th century minature from the Chronicon Cluniascense

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ALABAMA: COUPLE, 1936. A well-dressed African American woman holding a package

ALABAMA: COUPLE, 1936.
A well-dressed African American woman holding a package and speaking with a seated African American man wearing tattered clothing in a rural town in Alabama. Photograph by Walker Evans in 1936

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