This has been such a sorrowful week for the City of Lights. This short video, shot during the Exposition Universelle of 1900, captures a much different time, and a city and its people that were smiling and happy, confident and carefree. For the sake of Paris and the rest of the world, we hope those times return soon.
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Love it! Great footage, perfectly recapturing some of the excitement at the Universal Exposition of 1900. Before that year, historians mostly relied on photos and paintings.
One of us -- Loretta Chase -- writes historical romance. One of us -- Susan Holloway Scott -- writes historical novels,and as Isabella Bradford, wrote historical romances, too.
There’s a big difference in how we use history. But we’re equally nuts about it. To us, the everyday details of life in the past are things to talk about, ponder, make fun of -- much in the way normal people talk about their favorite reality show.
We talk about who’s wearing what and who’s sleeping with whom. We try to sort out rumor or myth from fact. We thought there must be at least three other people out there who think history’s fascinating and fun, too. This blog is for them.
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Love it! Great footage, perfectly recapturing some of the excitement at the Universal Exposition of 1900. Before that year, historians mostly relied on photos and paintings.
Brilliant to see the world's second travelator, starting from 4:24!
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