The machine gallery. From the photograph by MH-C. Godefroy, Auguste Tilly, between 1889 and 1890

Side view of the galerie des machines, designed by the architect dutert. The building was located on the champ de mars, in front of the école militaire (which still exists today). It housed an exhibit about technological inventions. It was the biggest and tallest hall created for the 1889 exhibit, and was used again in the 1900 world fair. It was eventually destroyed shortly afterwards. Date: between 1889 and 1890. Dimensions: 32 x 22 cm. Medium: engraving. Collection: Brown University Library. La galerie des machines. D'après la photographie de M. H.-C. Godefroy