[The Hötel de Ville after the Commune]

Hippolyte-Auguste Collard French

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Locals and tourists alike gawked at the remains of the Paris city hall, built beginning in 1532 and completed nearly a century later. Along with treasured paintings and sculptural decoration, historically precious archives of the City of Paris were forever lost when the building was set ablaze in May 1871. A reconstruction of the Hôtel de Ville, begun in 1874 and completed a decade later, stands on the same site today.

[The Hötel de Ville after the Commune], Hippolyte-Auguste Collard (French, 1811–1887), Albumen silver print from glass negative

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