chauffeur

so.. you can take a taxi to the subway?

Taxi Zum Klo?

This appears to be the cab in which chauffeur Pierre Clop and his female passenger, Mme. Lavolti, were killed when his taxicab fell into a hole on the Rue St. Augustin. The incident occured during a three-hour storm "of phenomenal violence" on the night of Monday, June 15, 1914. Eyewitnesses saw the hand of a woman waving from one of the windows of the cab before it was covered by an avalanche of loose earth. Fourteen people died during the storm as sections of streets collapsed in several parts of the city.

Seven thousand cab drivers attended Clop's funeral on Friday, June 19. According to the papers, "Further subsidences occur daily, the latest, 200 feet long and 10 feet wide, being in Rue Moncey."

References:
New York Times, June 16, 1914
New York Times, June 20, 1914
et al.

Mobil zaman dulu masih ada gak ya???

Thanks technogeo for uncovering the information about this catastrophe. We'll add the information about the event and the date to the record the next time we update.

It's a grand shot for sure.

Jug-ears at the back there looks familiar. Did we have him in a different photo?

no kitchen staff in this one. even among the servants there was a class system. wonderful picture.

I think I've seen him (or someone who looked like him) in a WWI photo somewhere.

wild guess; Back row 2nd from left. driver.

Vintage stuff... I love the two spare tyres on the front of the car!

Excellent there is so much going on here.

Peter Denton Peter, Mr Goff was well versed in the wayward ways of motor car tyres! We have other pics of him at the wheel: catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=goff+motor&ty...

Christine Curtin There really is a lot going on. Very impressed with the smartly dressed young lady on the far left...

wonderful shot!