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Paris's Answer to the Golden Gate Bridge; the Kitchen Chair Bridge - 1924 (lemmy.world)
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[-] athos77@kbin.social 10 points 8 months ago

Henri Manuel

The Maison Laffitte hippodrome, west of Paris, is flooded by the flood of the Seine. Jockeys and others find the typical french chairs under the trees, a safe haven. Paris, 1924.

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Oh cool, thanks for the actual context!

(Sorry, I wish I was better at that. I'm more okay at jokes than finding historical context and feel a bit bad about that for this community.)

[-] athos77@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

That's cool - my sense of humor is a bit too wry for most people, so I appreciate those with a better reach!

[-] athos77@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

That's interesting, apparently the photographer

Henri Manuel (24 April 1874 – 11 September 1947) was a French photographer who served as the official photographer of the French government from 1914 to 1944.

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I didn't even know countries had national photographers, let alone one who covered both world wars. Wild!

Also, thanks, I started looking through his photography and have a few ideas for more fakehistoryporn!

[-] athos77@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

You're welcome :) One of the things I really like about historyporn / fakehistoryporn photos is that, when I look into their background a bit, there's often fascinating little bits of trivia that I learn!

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Reality: Parisians crossing a makeshift bridge during a flood.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 9 points 8 months ago

Damn, this would actually go really well on HistoryPorn itself

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

High praise! I always think about taking stuff from actual HistoryPorn but folks don't seem to enjoy the repetition... Hence, probably won't crosspost. But please feel free to! (Plus you have infinitely more lemmy "cred" than I.)

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Was this inadvertently the largest game of "the floor is lava" ever played?

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Just as good and only half the cost!

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